I respectfully disagree. Smith is hoping to use the power of the Boeing lobby and also tap into the "build and buy American" sentiment out there right now. He has had the whole deck to himself for 35 years and he cannot stand the idea of us going union, despite his public claims that "FedEx is not anti-union". Yeah, sure...You should have heard the comments today about how Smith is throwing us under the bus again. His last shred of credibility with employees disappeared after this latest scheme came out in the media.
"Sound business strategic planning" means throwing around your political clout and calling-in all of your markers (politicians in this case) when it comes to Fred S.
You can call him a good businessman. I call him a scoundrel.