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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 2702194" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>There is a lot to what you say but until the RLA is done away with I doubt we&#039;ll see a contractor model at Express.&nbsp; And I&#039;ve been told many times over the years that the FAA requires trained regular employees to handle freight until it arrives at it&#039;s destination.&nbsp; Ground may very well handle delivery and turn Express into a part-time pickup service.&nbsp; Would be interesting to see Express pickup all Express and Ground freight, with contractors handling delivery.&nbsp; That would comply with the FAA, require considerably less Express employees, or at least less hours, and would be a much more integrated customer experience.&nbsp; Does feel like something is coming other than having all purple and orange.&nbsp; But they can&#039;t just drop all of this into contractors&#039; laps, so if they haven&#039;t shared info with contractors yet then it&#039;s going to be awhile, if ever.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 2702194, member: 24302"] There is a lot to what you say but until the RLA is done away with I doubt we'll see a contractor model at Express. And I've been told many times over the years that the FAA requires trained regular employees to handle freight until it arrives at it's destination. Ground may very well handle delivery and turn Express into a part-time pickup service. Would be interesting to see Express pickup all Express and Ground freight, with contractors handling delivery. That would comply with the FAA, require considerably less Express employees, or at least less hours, and would be a much more integrated customer experience. Does feel like something is coming other than having all purple and orange. But they can't just drop all of this into contractors' laps, so if they haven't shared info with contractors yet then it's going to be awhile, if ever. [/QUOTE]

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