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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fedx" data-source="post: 5340082" data-attributes="member: 64891"><p>I think most of us agree with you that it looks like the contractor model is what they're aiming for.  I see FedEx becoming like UPS having both air and ground shipments on the same trucks, but they will be Ground trucks (relabeled as just "FedEx" and nothing else).  They think they can save hundreds of millions of dollars each year farming out shipments to contractors.  FedEx doesn't care about the bad service levels or bad reputation-all they care about is the bottom dollar they think they will be saving.  They aren't looking long term.  Moreover, they see Amazon having horrible delivery drivers and figure they can be just like Amazon.  People are already used to bad service.  It's the new normal.</p></blockquote><p></p>