Ground contractors are the scabs of FedEx.
I have a hard time disagreeing with that. Express people had it OK before the Ground apes came along. I remember lotsa' perky, happy Express people; and more than a few hotties were slinging envelopes for Freddy. My perception of Express was that it was kinda' exclusive and glamorous.
Ground was enabled by upper management critters. "Don't worry, nothing to see here" they said. "They're just taking the heavy, unimportant stuff that nobody wants to do" they said.
And very slowly then suddenly, ALL of FedEx went to crap for almost everybody involved.
Reminds me of an Arab saying of: how does the entire nasty, stinking camel get inside the tent?
He gets in with just the tip of his nose. At first.