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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 4400089" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>You're as bad as Dano. The RLA was originally intended to protect the US economy from a national railroad strike. This when the railroads were king and moved the vast majority of freight. It dates from 1934, when there was no such thing as Express air service.</p><p></p><p>Isn't it curious that Fred got his precious RLA Express Carrier Exemption exactly as the IBT was in the midst of an organization drive at Express? This was literally a last minute sweetheart deal inserted into the FAA Reauthorization Act to benefit one person and his company...FedEx.</p><p></p><p>The opposing argument to mine is that FedEx is an airline. One section of it certainly is, but the vast majority of FedEx employees have zero to do with the "airline". 90% see a CTV or a shuttle, not a plane. You (and Dano) would say that all Express employees are airline employees, so does that now include Ground? After all, "critical", time-sensitive packages need to be moved by airline employees, right? We can't sub them out because they are so vital to the economy.</p><p></p><p>The structure of Express has fundamentally changed, sir. Instead of having a package move entirely within the Express system, that package is now "subbed-out" to an opco that is also within the FedEx system integrator family of companies. It's an incestuous move that tries to dodge the fact that the RLA exemption is no longer warranted and is, and has always been, false, and a gift to Fred.</p><p></p><p>To use your flaccid logic, Fred should also be able to give those packages to FedEx Freight, and not lose the RLA shield of protection. In fact, he should be able to sub them out to anyone. But, wait, they are SO important and critical that they had better be handled exclusively by airline employees, right?</p><p></p><p>UPS duplicated the FedEx system. About the only operational difference is that their main hub is in Louisville, not Memphis. The size of their fleet has zero to do with the debate here, sir. Is a UPS NDA package any less critical than an Express P1 package? Based on your "logic", that time-sensitive package needs to be handled by an airline employee all the way (remember the original rationale for the exemption?).Yet, most NDA is delivered by a UPS Brown driver, along with all the rest of his/her largely trucked or railed freight. They have a few pure air drivers who do the UPS equivalent of FO.</p><p></p><p>So, I guess Ground now needs to be RLA, and Ground employees need to be re-classified as RLA. But wait!! They're "independent". Not, not at all.</p><p></p><p>Therein lies the problem. And even though you've left The Plantation, you're still an ideological slave to Fred. Grow up, sir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 4400089, member: 12508"] You're as bad as Dano. The RLA was originally intended to protect the US economy from a national railroad strike. This when the railroads were king and moved the vast majority of freight. It dates from 1934, when there was no such thing as Express air service. Isn't it curious that Fred got his precious RLA Express Carrier Exemption exactly as the IBT was in the midst of an organization drive at Express? This was literally a last minute sweetheart deal inserted into the FAA Reauthorization Act to benefit one person and his company...FedEx. The opposing argument to mine is that FedEx is an airline. One section of it certainly is, but the vast majority of FedEx employees have zero to do with the "airline". 90% see a CTV or a shuttle, not a plane. You (and Dano) would say that all Express employees are airline employees, so does that now include Ground? After all, "critical", time-sensitive packages need to be moved by airline employees, right? We can't sub them out because they are so vital to the economy. The structure of Express has fundamentally changed, sir. Instead of having a package move entirely within the Express system, that package is now "subbed-out" to an opco that is also within the FedEx system integrator family of companies. It's an incestuous move that tries to dodge the fact that the RLA exemption is no longer warranted and is, and has always been, false, and a gift to Fred. To use your flaccid logic, Fred should also be able to give those packages to FedEx Freight, and not lose the RLA shield of protection. In fact, he should be able to sub them out to anyone. But, wait, they are SO important and critical that they had better be handled exclusively by airline employees, right? UPS duplicated the FedEx system. About the only operational difference is that their main hub is in Louisville, not Memphis. The size of their fleet has zero to do with the debate here, sir. Is a UPS NDA package any less critical than an Express P1 package? Based on your "logic", that time-sensitive package needs to be handled by an airline employee all the way (remember the original rationale for the exemption?).Yet, most NDA is delivered by a UPS Brown driver, along with all the rest of his/her largely trucked or railed freight. They have a few pure air drivers who do the UPS equivalent of FO. So, I guess Ground now needs to be RLA, and Ground employees need to be re-classified as RLA. But wait!! They're "independent". Not, not at all. Therein lies the problem. And even though you've left The Plantation, you're still an ideological slave to Fred. Grow up, sir. [/QUOTE]
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