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<blockquote data-quote="Artee" data-source="post: 5472797" data-attributes="member: 24351"><p>Do you have any ramp identifiers that have closed? Were they just temporary operations? Were they closed because the lack of freight has dropped off and it did not make sense to keep them open? Just like INDY and the Response freight? The big covid boom is over and Response will be ending in Feb or March. MEMH can handle the volume again and there is no reason to bleed off freight to INDY anymore. </p><p></p><p>The problem of finding people willing to work was a 2021 problem. That does not exist anymore at ramp or station level. Last peak most of our ramp was temp workers and the thought at the time was to turn the majority of ramp work to be staffed by temps. Fast forward a year and we are fully staffed with FDX employees. No temps on the premises. Stations this year dropped the temp peak staffing by 75% on what was expected. The stations in my area are giving LWOPs during peak everyday. </p><p></p><p>Sounds like the information you are receiving from your sources is about 12 months old. Things are and will continue to change rapidly as FDX tries to find itself. Express is trying to save something like $6B over the next few years, so there will be many changes and what was going on 3 months ago is not happening today. </p><p></p><p>Heck. UPS is looking to close down their ramp that gets a couple 767's a day and truck all their freight in from 100 miles away to feed their 3 stations in this area. One UPS manager has even stated that they are looking to get out of the air freight business and focus on the lower cost trucking/rail options. Options are being looked at industry wide and its just not FDX that is trying to find the secret sauce.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Artee, post: 5472797, member: 24351"] Do you have any ramp identifiers that have closed? Were they just temporary operations? Were they closed because the lack of freight has dropped off and it did not make sense to keep them open? Just like INDY and the Response freight? The big covid boom is over and Response will be ending in Feb or March. MEMH can handle the volume again and there is no reason to bleed off freight to INDY anymore. The problem of finding people willing to work was a 2021 problem. That does not exist anymore at ramp or station level. Last peak most of our ramp was temp workers and the thought at the time was to turn the majority of ramp work to be staffed by temps. Fast forward a year and we are fully staffed with FDX employees. No temps on the premises. Stations this year dropped the temp peak staffing by 75% on what was expected. The stations in my area are giving LWOPs during peak everyday. Sounds like the information you are receiving from your sources is about 12 months old. Things are and will continue to change rapidly as FDX tries to find itself. Express is trying to save something like $6B over the next few years, so there will be many changes and what was going on 3 months ago is not happening today. Heck. UPS is looking to close down their ramp that gets a couple 767's a day and truck all their freight in from 100 miles away to feed their 3 stations in this area. One UPS manager has even stated that they are looking to get out of the air freight business and focus on the lower cost trucking/rail options. Options are being looked at industry wide and its just not FDX that is trying to find the secret sauce. [/QUOTE]
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