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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 889707" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Ground CAN'T pickup volume which will travel by air.</p><p></p><p>They don't have air cargo qualified DG agents to inspect DG and "screen" for non-declared DG (I know, use of the word "screen" is a joke, but it is a part of FAA requirements). They don't train their people to inspect air cargo containers for loading (don't need to inspect a can to unload it through....). If a Ground delivery driver were to process an airbill, Fred's whole rationale of keeping the Express Couriers under RLA would vanish INSTANTLY. Ground cannot touch Express product until AFTER it arrives at its destination ramp and is no longer considered "air cargo". </p><p></p><p>Fred needs to keep Express SOLIDLY under RLA classification requirements to make unionization next to impossible, so he can only go so far as to the use of non-Express employees. Once the volume arrives at the destination ramp - the FAA requirements are lifted once the volume leaves the ramps - it is no longer "air cargo". Express merely provides the additional "service" in delivering the volume to the customers' loading dock or door step - saving them the trip to the airport to pick up their former "air cargo". This is part of the whole "hub bub" about Express Couriers being misclassified under RLA - they drive trucks and don't work aircraft - so why are they classified under RLA and not NLRB? </p><p></p><p>If Ground delivery drivers were to process a single airbill, FedEx could no longer argue that Express Couriers should be covered under RLA rules - even a Republican Congress would pull the RLA status from Express non-aircraft crafts and Fred would have the IBT in his front yard. </p><p></p><p>Again....</p><p></p><p>Express will PU ALL volume that is marked as "Express" product - regardless of the commitment time. </p><p></p><p>Express will move ALL volume which is Express product (overnight, 2nd and 3rd day) volume through the AGFS system - no alterations planned there. The only possibility is for CTVs between hubs and ramps and those between ramps that carry non-overnight volume, they MAY be shifted over to Ground vehicles for transport (semi's with Ground markings and Ground employee drivers operating them). </p><p></p><p>I've NEVER heard that this is in planning though, and would strongly doubt Express would do it. There isn't that great of a disparity of compensation between Express RTDs and Ground semi drivers (Ground semi drivers are covered under NLRB and are employees of FedEx, they could unionize in a heart beat if they wanted - thus they aren't paid the crud wages that the delivery drivers are paid). </p><p></p><p>The cost savings for FedEx is solely between the differential between Express Couriers and Ground deliver truck drivers - that is where Fred will make his $100 million annual savings in labor compensation. </p><p></p><p>Going off topic - my browser is crashing every time I pull up BC over the past few days. BC comes up fine after my browser restarts. If anyone else is having this problem, please state so. No other website is causing this problem and my anti-virus isn't indicating any problems with BC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 889707, member: 22880"] Ground CAN'T pickup volume which will travel by air. They don't have air cargo qualified DG agents to inspect DG and "screen" for non-declared DG (I know, use of the word "screen" is a joke, but it is a part of FAA requirements). They don't train their people to inspect air cargo containers for loading (don't need to inspect a can to unload it through....). If a Ground delivery driver were to process an airbill, Fred's whole rationale of keeping the Express Couriers under RLA would vanish INSTANTLY. Ground cannot touch Express product until AFTER it arrives at its destination ramp and is no longer considered "air cargo". Fred needs to keep Express SOLIDLY under RLA classification requirements to make unionization next to impossible, so he can only go so far as to the use of non-Express employees. Once the volume arrives at the destination ramp - the FAA requirements are lifted once the volume leaves the ramps - it is no longer "air cargo". Express merely provides the additional "service" in delivering the volume to the customers' loading dock or door step - saving them the trip to the airport to pick up their former "air cargo". This is part of the whole "hub bub" about Express Couriers being misclassified under RLA - they drive trucks and don't work aircraft - so why are they classified under RLA and not NLRB? If Ground delivery drivers were to process a single airbill, FedEx could no longer argue that Express Couriers should be covered under RLA rules - even a Republican Congress would pull the RLA status from Express non-aircraft crafts and Fred would have the IBT in his front yard. Again.... Express will PU ALL volume that is marked as "Express" product - regardless of the commitment time. Express will move ALL volume which is Express product (overnight, 2nd and 3rd day) volume through the AGFS system - no alterations planned there. The only possibility is for CTVs between hubs and ramps and those between ramps that carry non-overnight volume, they MAY be shifted over to Ground vehicles for transport (semi's with Ground markings and Ground employee drivers operating them). I've NEVER heard that this is in planning though, and would strongly doubt Express would do it. There isn't that great of a disparity of compensation between Express RTDs and Ground semi drivers (Ground semi drivers are covered under NLRB and are employees of FedEx, they could unionize in a heart beat if they wanted - thus they aren't paid the crud wages that the delivery drivers are paid). The cost savings for FedEx is solely between the differential between Express Couriers and Ground deliver truck drivers - that is where Fred will make his $100 million annual savings in labor compensation. Going off topic - my browser is crashing every time I pull up BC over the past few days. BC comes up fine after my browser restarts. If anyone else is having this problem, please state so. No other website is causing this problem and my anti-virus isn't indicating any problems with BC. [/QUOTE]
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