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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4399701" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Seriously? FedEx has what? 60%+ of the NDA market? And that was back when there were more competitors. Since UPS delivers more packages than FedEx by a wide margin daily how can the bulk of their packages not be trucked? Magic carpet? Do you know why there was a Railroad Labor Act passed? At that time the movement of freight was primarily by train. Wildcat strikes were greatly harming the system. The RLA was put in place to protect the integrity of the freight system because it was too important to national security. Because FedEx primarily transported time sensitive packages it was deemed also necessary to place it under the RLA. Of course Fred lobbied for that to protect his bottom line and he certainly abused the privilege. But you get caught up in the weeds of how freight is transported and by whom and does that disqualify FedEx from being under the RLA? But that's not the point of the RLA and FedEx can do things like letting contractors deliver freight because the importance of getting time sensitive freight delivered meets the RLA standard. And as long as lobbied Congressmen are satisfied it meets that standard, with nice campaign contributions to boot, nothing is going to change. It's how business gets done, and it's not a matter of shilling for a company, it's just the reality. Grow up already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4399701, member: 24302"] Seriously? FedEx has what? 60%+ of the NDA market? And that was back when there were more competitors. Since UPS delivers more packages than FedEx by a wide margin daily how can the bulk of their packages not be trucked? Magic carpet? Do you know why there was a Railroad Labor Act passed? At that time the movement of freight was primarily by train. Wildcat strikes were greatly harming the system. The RLA was put in place to protect the integrity of the freight system because it was too important to national security. Because FedEx primarily transported time sensitive packages it was deemed also necessary to place it under the RLA. Of course Fred lobbied for that to protect his bottom line and he certainly abused the privilege. But you get caught up in the weeds of how freight is transported and by whom and does that disqualify FedEx from being under the RLA? But that's not the point of the RLA and FedEx can do things like letting contractors deliver freight because the importance of getting time sensitive freight delivered meets the RLA standard. And as long as lobbied Congressmen are satisfied it meets that standard, with nice campaign contributions to boot, nothing is going to change. It's how business gets done, and it's not a matter of shilling for a company, it's just the reality. Grow up already. [/QUOTE]
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