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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 868327" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>You've missed exactly how the change would be implemented. All, All, All Express non-overnight volume would be PUP'ed just as it has been. It would move through AGFS - no change. The change would occur once the non-overnight volume arrives at its destination ramp. Instead of having it sorted for trucking to Express stations, it would be trucked over to a Ground terminal (right off the aircraft, onto a truck, headed to a Ground terminal) where THEY would sort it out to the Ground routes and have the Ground contractors deliver it the next day. I've already illustrated that the additional volume would be a relatively small increae for Ground now. Two years ago, it would've swamped them - not now. </p><p></p><p>AGFS wouldn't see any change in how they conduct their operation, with the exception of the PM ramp sorts. Those would be virtually eliminated IF - IF there was a single Ground terminal to which all the volume could be trucked to. </p><p></p><p>If there were multiple Ground terminals within the service area of a particular Express ramp, then the ramp would presumably have to perform a sort to break up the volume going to each respective Ground terminal. </p><p></p><p>One of two things would happen. Either a sort would occur breaking out ASTRA coded stations into destination Ground terminals which cover the same geographic area as the Express stations. If the Ground terminal served the same geographic areas as the Express stations MMMA, NNNA and OOOA, then the sort would pull those station ASTRAs and load them into cans (or a bulk truck) headed to the Ground terminal which served the service areas covered by those three stations. Or, if the Ground terminal covered a geographic area greater than the geographic area served by a particular ramp, that ramp volume received in the PM would be trucked straight over to the Ground terminal for sorting. </p><p></p><p>Since there isn't a direct matching of geographic area coverage between Express ramps and Ground terminals, there would be a combination of the two methods used. </p><p></p><p> The stuff which is currently moved by truck between ramps could in theory deliver their volume directly to Ground terminals for final delivery, unless a situation occurs as explained above. Then a ramp sort would need to be performed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 868327, member: 22880"] You've missed exactly how the change would be implemented. All, All, All Express non-overnight volume would be PUP'ed just as it has been. It would move through AGFS - no change. The change would occur once the non-overnight volume arrives at its destination ramp. Instead of having it sorted for trucking to Express stations, it would be trucked over to a Ground terminal (right off the aircraft, onto a truck, headed to a Ground terminal) where THEY would sort it out to the Ground routes and have the Ground contractors deliver it the next day. I've already illustrated that the additional volume would be a relatively small increae for Ground now. Two years ago, it would've swamped them - not now. AGFS wouldn't see any change in how they conduct their operation, with the exception of the PM ramp sorts. Those would be virtually eliminated IF - IF there was a single Ground terminal to which all the volume could be trucked to. If there were multiple Ground terminals within the service area of a particular Express ramp, then the ramp would presumably have to perform a sort to break up the volume going to each respective Ground terminal. One of two things would happen. Either a sort would occur breaking out ASTRA coded stations into destination Ground terminals which cover the same geographic area as the Express stations. If the Ground terminal served the same geographic areas as the Express stations MMMA, NNNA and OOOA, then the sort would pull those station ASTRAs and load them into cans (or a bulk truck) headed to the Ground terminal which served the service areas covered by those three stations. Or, if the Ground terminal covered a geographic area greater than the geographic area served by a particular ramp, that ramp volume received in the PM would be trucked straight over to the Ground terminal for sorting. Since there isn't a direct matching of geographic area coverage between Express ramps and Ground terminals, there would be a combination of the two methods used. The stuff which is currently moved by truck between ramps could in theory deliver their volume directly to Ground terminals for final delivery, unless a situation occurs as explained above. Then a ramp sort would need to be performed. [/QUOTE]
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