Originally Posted by
Redbird611
I was trying to figure out why FedEx would care. I can't imagine that it makes that much of a difference to the company, but for the commuters I'm sure it is making things more difficult.
FDX deadheads thousands of pilots out of MEM on Delta to start their trips in a different city (on FDX dime not a commuter/nonrev thing). Having to go thru ATL or another hub eats up lots of their duty time and they can no longer fly on DL AND do their FDX trip the same day. So FDX pays them for another duty day/hotel etc. Its gotten so bad that FDX have been deadheading crews on their corporate lears.