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<blockquote data-quote="Myort" data-source="post: 888919" data-attributes="member: 25462"><p>I guess the big question is, what is going to happen to full-time couriers? Call me naive, but FedEx would suffer a massive P.R. hit, especially in this day with all of the protests against corporate greed, if they were to just displace lots of full-time couriers and force them to part-time status. My guess is, they will try to avoid this. </p><p></p><p>As someone who has worked in hub ops and knows how inbound ramp ops works, it would be difficult to get every single piece of XS and E2 volume divereted out. Lots of exceptions happen, and lots of it finds its way to the overnight sorts and mixed into pure station cans at the hubs. During night sorts, hubs build containers for each station that is served by that ramp so when the plane gets there, most freight can be put straight onto CTV trucks to the stations. </p><p></p><p>The move to sprinter vans is kind of a logical, economical thing. Truth is, many routes can be run out of a sprinter van and don't need a W700 truck. 10 years ago, fuel wasn't nearly as expensive. </p><p></p><p>Ballmats at ground facilities does appear suspicious. Unless they plan on sending containers within the ground system, which by the way is much faster than bulk loaded trailers. You can take 5 containers off of a truck, put them online and unload them all at the same time. Also, you can sort the trailer 5 different ways using containers. </p><p></p><p>The time to get very suspicious is when they come in one day and say "We are currently overstaffed, but there is an opening at <station across town>. That will be when you know that they are looking to hold down the ranks of couriers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Myort, post: 888919, member: 25462"] I guess the big question is, what is going to happen to full-time couriers? Call me naive, but FedEx would suffer a massive P.R. hit, especially in this day with all of the protests against corporate greed, if they were to just displace lots of full-time couriers and force them to part-time status. My guess is, they will try to avoid this. As someone who has worked in hub ops and knows how inbound ramp ops works, it would be difficult to get every single piece of XS and E2 volume divereted out. Lots of exceptions happen, and lots of it finds its way to the overnight sorts and mixed into pure station cans at the hubs. During night sorts, hubs build containers for each station that is served by that ramp so when the plane gets there, most freight can be put straight onto CTV trucks to the stations. The move to sprinter vans is kind of a logical, economical thing. Truth is, many routes can be run out of a sprinter van and don't need a W700 truck. 10 years ago, fuel wasn't nearly as expensive. Ballmats at ground facilities does appear suspicious. Unless they plan on sending containers within the ground system, which by the way is much faster than bulk loaded trailers. You can take 5 containers off of a truck, put them online and unload them all at the same time. Also, you can sort the trailer 5 different ways using containers. The time to get very suspicious is when they come in one day and say "We are currently overstaffed, but there is an opening at <station across town>. That will be when you know that they are looking to hold down the ranks of couriers. [/QUOTE]
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