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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 604321" data-attributes="member: 12508"><p>The argument can be made that FedEx Express is an airline, but the FedEx parent company isn't.</p><p> </p><p>Therefore, UPS is an airline too, also with a fleet of trucks. FedEx is a trucking company with a fleet of airplanes.</p><p> </p><p>My logic? The <em>original</em> Federal Express might have been a true airline. The new version is the same operation that UPS runs. Over the years, both UPS and FedEx have evolved into <strong>Systems Integrators. </strong>That means that the parent company provides an "umbrella" of different services. FedEx Ground is analogous to UPS <em>trucked</em> services, FedEx Express is analogous to UPS Next Day Air, FedEx Freight is analogous to UPS Freight and on and on right down the line.</p><p> </p><p>The bottom line is that both companies essentially do the <strong>same</strong> thing across the board. Why does Fred S deserve a special exemption when UPS does not? As others have pointed out, UPS tried to get re-classified under the RLA for years...<em>and failed.</em> Logically, FedEx should be classified in the <strong>same</strong> category as UPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 604321, member: 12508"] The argument can be made that FedEx Express is an airline, but the FedEx parent company isn't. Therefore, UPS is an airline too, also with a fleet of trucks. FedEx is a trucking company with a fleet of airplanes. My logic? The [I]original[/I] Federal Express might have been a true airline. The new version is the same operation that UPS runs. Over the years, both UPS and FedEx have evolved into [B]Systems Integrators. [/B]That means that the parent company provides an "umbrella" of different services. FedEx Ground is analogous to UPS [I]trucked[/I] services, FedEx Express is analogous to UPS Next Day Air, FedEx Freight is analogous to UPS Freight and on and on right down the line. The bottom line is that both companies essentially do the [B]same[/B] thing across the board. Why does Fred S deserve a special exemption when UPS does not? As others have pointed out, UPS tried to get re-classified under the RLA for years...[I]and failed.[/I] Logically, FedEx should be classified in the [B]same[/B] category as UPS. [/QUOTE]
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