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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 4403358" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>The core issue is whether or not Express employees work for an "airline". While it's true that pilots and mechanics are properly classified as airline employees, beyond that, it's an elaborate ruse designed to make it always appear that FredEx is an airline.</p><p></p><p>I know you're a shill, but you pretend to be a manager. For the sake of argument, let's say that's true. You are a "station manager", not a "terminal" or "location manager". That's important, because "stations" are airline talk, "terminals" are truck talk. If you work for United Airlines in Los Angeles, for example, you work out of the LAX station. At John Wayne Airport, it's SNA station. There are actual aircraft operating out of that station. FedEx runs planes out of both LAX and SNA, BTW.</p><p></p><p>OK, let's say you work for Express at some remote location, as the vast majority of employees do. The nearest airport is 100 miles away, and you get your freight via a shuttle or CTV. FedEx still calls it a "station", with a "station manager", even though the nearest airport might be able to handle only a Cessna 172. FedEx frequently relies on general aviation airports with tiny runways or even seaplane bases in order to stretch the truth and call the location a "station".</p><p></p><p>The reality is that the vast majority of Express employees are simply truck drivers or clerks, not "Express Couriers" or CSA's. There we go again, because CSA is an airline term. More lies and obfuscation.</p><p></p><p>You're not a semi driver, you're a Ramp Transport Driver who drives a Container Transport Vehicle, even if there are no cans on the truck, just bulk loaded, 100% TRUCKED freight. And make no mistake, FedEx trucks everything it can. If you've ever been to MEM, OAK, or another hub, there are lots of CTVs going to remote stations that have never, ever seen a FedEx aircraft, and never will. The closest thing to a plane are the models on the desks. A lot of those trucks are bulk loaded with freight that was trucked or utilized bypass cans, and may not even have any aircraft containers on board. Most of the P2 on board probably came into the hub on a TRUCK to be sorted, and then left the hub in a TRUCK, never touching a plane.</p><p></p><p>So, it's like a 90/10 split between employees who are really just truck drivers vs. employees that actually deal with aircraft.</p><p></p><p>It's no surprise why you keep ducking and avoiding that particular discussion. Did you find Section 1223 of the 1996 FAA Reauthorization Act yet? It was huge news back then, with Gingrich and the GOP fighting for Fred while most of the Democrats were fighting for labor. And, as is well documented, the language was snuck-in at the last possible moment as a favor for Smith.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 4403358, member: 12508"] The core issue is whether or not Express employees work for an "airline". While it's true that pilots and mechanics are properly classified as airline employees, beyond that, it's an elaborate ruse designed to make it always appear that FredEx is an airline. I know you're a shill, but you pretend to be a manager. For the sake of argument, let's say that's true. You are a "station manager", not a "terminal" or "location manager". That's important, because "stations" are airline talk, "terminals" are truck talk. If you work for United Airlines in Los Angeles, for example, you work out of the LAX station. At John Wayne Airport, it's SNA station. There are actual aircraft operating out of that station. FedEx runs planes out of both LAX and SNA, BTW. OK, let's say you work for Express at some remote location, as the vast majority of employees do. The nearest airport is 100 miles away, and you get your freight via a shuttle or CTV. FedEx still calls it a "station", with a "station manager", even though the nearest airport might be able to handle only a Cessna 172. FedEx frequently relies on general aviation airports with tiny runways or even seaplane bases in order to stretch the truth and call the location a "station". The reality is that the vast majority of Express employees are simply truck drivers or clerks, not "Express Couriers" or CSA's. There we go again, because CSA is an airline term. More lies and obfuscation. You're not a semi driver, you're a Ramp Transport Driver who drives a Container Transport Vehicle, even if there are no cans on the truck, just bulk loaded, 100% TRUCKED freight. And make no mistake, FedEx trucks everything it can. If you've ever been to MEM, OAK, or another hub, there are lots of CTVs going to remote stations that have never, ever seen a FedEx aircraft, and never will. The closest thing to a plane are the models on the desks. A lot of those trucks are bulk loaded with freight that was trucked or utilized bypass cans, and may not even have any aircraft containers on board. Most of the P2 on board probably came into the hub on a TRUCK to be sorted, and then left the hub in a TRUCK, never touching a plane. So, it's like a 90/10 split between employees who are really just truck drivers vs. employees that actually deal with aircraft. It's no surprise why you keep ducking and avoiding that particular discussion. Did you find Section 1223 of the 1996 FAA Reauthorization Act yet? It was huge news back then, with Gingrich and the GOP fighting for Fred while most of the Democrats were fighting for labor. And, as is well documented, the language was snuck-in at the last possible moment as a favor for Smith. [/QUOTE]
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