Do you pay asking price for real estate?
"Yes, if necessary.". Exactly.
Ground is a business model that has an ultra-low cost basis. That translates into the hiring of drivers who are highly likely to not be as qualified as drivers not willing to work for low wages. That compromises both safety and the quality of service(s) provided.
All you and Fred understand is dollar signs. Loss of life is apparently acceptable, just so long as you and Fred still get your healthy cut of the profits. You are out of touch with the value of human life.
Wrong. Business is business.You're comparing apples and orangutans. Like I said...bad analogy.
Do you think the safety record of ground is affected by the new generation of drivers?
Wrong. Business is business.
Definitely. The trucking industry is scrambling to fill seats, and the less you pay, the lower quality of driver you get. JB Hunt, Swift, and the rest are all competing for new drivers with marginal skills. Ground gets what is left over after the buzzard are finished.
As barnyard said in an earlier post ground line haul is competitive so I don't think we are just getting left overs, on van drivers our growth is one of the issues with around 20% year over year growth and the new drivers are the biggest percentage having accidents. I am not making excuses for safety record just stating my humble opinion on root(part) of problem.
Wrong. Business is business.
"Greed is good."
-Gordon Gecko
"The end justifies the means."
-Machiavelli
"Let them eat cake!"
-MarieAntoinette
Would you like to reread the conversation MFE and I were having and then suggest what you are saying? I expect more out of you than this. "Business is business" was in reply to MFE suggesting that our industry and real estate are "apples and oranges". He would have you believe the Fedex and I don't care about safety and that as long as profits are high all is well. That is most certainly not the attitude held by myself or or the company."Greed is good."
-Gordon Gecko
"The end justifies the means."
-Machiavelli
"Let them eat cake!"
-MarieAntoinette
But Marie lost her head."Greed is good."
-Gordon Gecko
"The end justifies the means."
-Machiavelli
"Let them eat cake!"
-MarieAntoinette
There are exceptions to every rule, but overall, Ground has marginal drivers. The reasons: low pay, and poor or no benefits. Lots of drivers fresh out of trucking school or with little experience. That's a recipe for getting people killed.
Ground requires experience in line haul as well as vans, as for pay do you know what line haul drivers/contractors make? We all know how much you despise ground which causes you to put a negative spin on everything about ground. You try to imply that we are all knuckle draggers which is simply not true as much as you want to believe it. Just because you want ground to fail doesn't mean it will, ground is doing just the opposite growing in double digit growth still. Don't be blind be real to what's going on.