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Point still stands that if fedex loses any revenue, it basically all comes out of profit.
On what planet?
Point still stands that if fedex loses any revenue, it basically all comes out of profit.
Amazon is paying bottom of the barrel wages for pilots. Pilots aren't going to line up at Amazon's door just because they're Amazon.
Someone is piloting their jets. It's a way in to the career field. Get your hours in and move on. Demonstrated competence flying a plane carries a lot more weight than driving a delivery van.
And yet they're still flying.Um, ROTFLMAO!!
I've posted about it more than once. The companies operating the Amazon Air flights don't pay worth a crap and are having trouble recruiting and retaining pilots. It's not like there's a bumper crop of pilots who are waiting around to be hired by one of the cheapest cargo airlines in the nation.
Interesting that FedEx does that rather than poach from other airlines. Seems I read years ago that pilots were knocking down the door trying to get in.Actually, it's a contractor used by Amazon that's paying the pilots, but you're right. I don't know why it's so hard for others to see that point. Amazon isn't immune to economics.
Another way to get into that field is to take advantage of the program created by FedEx that snags pilots right out of college in order to get them into the FedEx system and on a path to a career with the highest pilot wages in the cargo air industry and nearly the highest wages in all of aviation.
Guess which airline can't afford that? The same one that has pilots moving on as soon as they can! Oddly enough, they also have staffing issues, morale issues, and safety issues that their competition doesn't.
On what planet?
Interesting that FedEx does that rather than poach from other airlines.
On just about every planet when most of the costs are fixed, with very little of the expense directly related to the actual number of packages. The building costs the same even if 2% fewer packages pass through, A courier doesn't really cost 2% less if he delivers 2% fewer packages, vehicle costs, utilities, benefit costs, , etc are only affected a miniscule amount if volume drops 2%. So if revenue drops by 2%, as it would with 2% fewer packages, most of the revenue loss comes directly out of profit. Not all, but most, and it should take less than a high school education to realize it.
So you admit when a competitor cuts into FedEx revenue it's the couriers who have to bite the bullet? Thank you.That's exactly the kind of explanation you'd get from someone with less than a high school education and no experience in Express ops. A courier may not work work 2% fewer hours in a linear correlation with a 2% drop in his package count, but we get around that by cutting a P1 route and moving the pickup couriers' start times back by 10 minutes each. And that's for the smallest of stations; larger stations would take larger measures. Otherwise, we wouldn't make our PFT/E targets, which don't fluctuate with volume.
I don't begrudge you your less-than-high-school-education logic, but the Express solution to a 2% drop in revenue is to cut expenses by 3%.
So you admit when a competitor cuts into FedEx revenue it's the couriers who have to bite the bullet? Thank you.
That's exactly the kind of explanation you'd get from someone with less than a high school education and no experience in Express ops. A courier may not work work 2% fewer hours in a linear correlation with a 2% drop in his package count, but we get around that by cutting a P1 route and moving the pickup couriers' start times back by 10 minutes each. And that's for the smallest of stations; larger stations would take larger measures. Otherwise, we wouldn't make our PFT/E targets, which don't fluctuate with volume.
I don't begrudge you your less-than-high-school-education logic, but the Express solution to a 2% drop in revenue is to cut expenses by 3%.
I think that depends on location.This is exactly what I expect from you. Most Amazon packages go to ground, so your cutting express couriers hours has no bearing.
Only a small portion goes to wages? Almost half of revenue goes to wages.This is exactly what I expect from you. Most Amazon packages go to ground, so your cutting express couriers hours has no bearing.
Not only that but you completely missed the point that most of fedex costs are fixed, and only a small portion goes to wages. You focused on the irrelevant details all the time, and the major concepts sail right over your head. Sorry I have to point this out, because you might be a decent person, no matter how smart you are or aren't.
Liar.
Liar.
Are you a recruiter?Actually, it's a contractor used by Amazon that's paying the pilots, but you're right. I don't know why it's so hard for others to see that point. Amazon isn't immune to economics.
Another way to get into that field is to take advantage of the program created by FedEx that snags pilots right out of college in order to get them into the FedEx system and on a path to a career with the highest pilot wages in the cargo air industry and nearly the highest wages in all of aviation.
Guess which airline can't afford that? The same one that has pilots moving on as soon as they can! Oddly enough, they also have staffing issues, morale issues, and safety issues that their competition doesn't.
Then elaborate, this should be interesting.
Only a small portion goes to wages? Almost half of revenue goes to wages.
I think fedex makes decisions globally, It would help if you could understand South Central doesn't dictate.I think that depends on location.
Why don’t you try telling me that couriers aren’t the one’s who always have to make sacrifices when things slow down even a little. Someone from Memphis always gets on Frontline and whines about revenues are down and “we have planes to pay for etc.” Yet Fred rewards the top brass still the same as if nothing changed. Now bite me.Idiot.