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<blockquote data-quote="HedleyLamarr" data-source="post: 5559487" data-attributes="member: 62232">Thanks for your informative posts, Empty Pockets. I think you are spot on.The ones I feel sorry for the most are the Express folks that are in the 15-20 year range. Too young to retire and too old to start fresh somewhere else. So many good people at my station that are going to be totally screwed. We are a big family, but we will be forced to turn against each other and fight for the few positions that will be left. I am in the Birmingham metro and as of yet we have heard no news about any of this, although I was on vacation this past week, so maybe it was addressed while I was gone. A few months back, when the streamlined services paper was being circulated all over, my senior manager had the nerve to look us right in the face and deny it was coming here. &quot;That is only in Minnesota, thousands of miles away! That won&#039;t effect us at all!&quot; What a bunch of BS; I was wondering if he honestly believed what he was telling us. I have been applying for RT positions for the past year, but have not gotten one; I started too late, the writing was already on the wall and I do regret not trying to get a CDL earlier now.This whole RLA thing is a waste of time, and as such I don&#039;t even bother reading any of those posts. Rearranging the seats on the Titanic while the ship is sinking; who cares anymore. It is too late for that! Right now, I will stay for the insurance mainly and will probably go back to school while working PT at FedEx. As crazy as it may seem, I am thinking about going for an electrical engineering degree. Have been at Express for 8 years now, and am 44 years old. Fortunately, I am still in excellent health (being a avid cyclist has helped with that)&nbsp; and have another income to fall back on, so I am better of than so many of my fellow coworkers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HedleyLamarr, post: 5559487, member: 62232"] Thanks for your informative posts, Empty Pockets. I think you are spot on. The ones I feel sorry for the most are the Express folks that are in the 15-20 year range. Too young to retire and too old to start fresh somewhere else. So many good people at my station that are going to be totally screwed. We are a big family, but we will be forced to turn against each other and fight for the few positions that will be left. I am in the Birmingham metro and as of yet we have heard no news about any of this, although I was on vacation this past week, so maybe it was addressed while I was gone. A few months back, when the streamlined services paper was being circulated all over, my senior manager had the nerve to look us right in the face and deny it was coming here. "That is only in Minnesota, thousands of miles away! That won't effect us at all!" What a bunch of BS; I was wondering if he honestly believed what he was telling us. I have been applying for RT positions for the past year, but have not gotten one; I started too late, the writing was already on the wall and I do regret not trying to get a CDL earlier now. This whole RLA thing is a waste of time, and as such I don't even bother reading any of those posts. Rearranging the seats on the Titanic while the ship is sinking; who cares anymore. It is too late for that! Right now, I will stay for the insurance mainly and will probably go back to school while working PT at FedEx. As crazy as it may seem, I am thinking about going for an electrical engineering degree. Have been at Express for 8 years now, and am 44 years old. Fortunately, I am still in excellent health (being a avid cyclist has helped with that) and have another income to fall back on, so I am better of than so many of my fellow coworkers. [/QUOTE]

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