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<blockquote data-quote="dmac1" data-source="post: 2694539" data-attributes="member: 60252">Think you are wrong about it being a logistics nightmare. The ISP just needs to have drivers available to come in at different times as needed. And there is absolutely no need to have multiple drivers in areas where most packages are not going to be required to be delivered by 10 AM&nbsp; or whatever. The more deliveries in the same area an ISP can get, the better his bottom line will be. IF it necessitates having multiple drivers in the same areas due to time constraints, those drivers can be utilized later in the day to help deliver ground packages. ISPs who can manage time and scheduling well will make more money.And if Express keeps the higher paying time sensitive deliveries, and gives the rest to ground, it will be pure revenue for the ISP. At first, some problems will arise, but over time, consolidation of terminals would solve most of the problems, with FEDEX saving even more money. Automated sorting equipment would be easy to set up.&nbsp;The only real regulatory issue I see would be cracking open the door to the unions. Going to all ISP has already done that though. Since I expect (that at some point) FEDEX and ISPs will be determined to be co-employers of the ISP&#039;s drivers, and there is no doubt that those drivers are employees, the union only has to seek to unionize small terminals to get a foothold- even unionizing a single ISP without asking for very much from the ISP will give FEDEX the union problem the whole fake &#039;contractor&#039; scam was intended to prevent. Adding more business, and making ISPs ever bigger by giving them express just paints a bigger target.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmac1, post: 2694539, member: 60252"] Think you are wrong about it being a logistics nightmare. The ISP just needs to have drivers available to come in at different times as needed. And there is absolutely no need to have multiple drivers in areas where most packages are not going to be required to be delivered by 10 AM or whatever. The more deliveries in the same area an ISP can get, the better his bottom line will be. IF it necessitates having multiple drivers in the same areas due to time constraints, those drivers can be utilized later in the day to help deliver ground packages. ISPs who can manage time and scheduling well will make more money. And if Express keeps the higher paying time sensitive deliveries, and gives the rest to ground, it will be pure revenue for the ISP. At first, some problems will arise, but over time, consolidation of terminals would solve most of the problems, with FEDEX saving even more money. Automated sorting equipment would be easy to set up. The only real regulatory issue I see would be cracking open the door to the unions. Going to all ISP has already done that though. Since I expect (that at some point) FEDEX and ISPs will be determined to be co-employers of the ISP's drivers, and there is no doubt that those drivers are employees, the union only has to seek to unionize small terminals to get a foothold- even unionizing a single ISP without asking for very much from the ISP will give FEDEX the union problem the whole fake 'contractor' scam was intended to prevent. Adding more business, and making ISPs ever bigger by giving them express just paints a bigger target. [/QUOTE]

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