Originally Posted by johnso29

So Delta is supposed to continue service on low demand, unprofitable routes simply so Fed Ex doesn't have to 2 leg crew members? Maybe Fed Ex should just start chartering airplanes, unless they want to cover the losses on the routes.

Originally Posted by Captain Tony

You've got to be kidding me. are the airlines in business to subsidize local business? And each other's crews? Is this a government funded thing now?

If the companies based in MEM can't fill a plane (profitably), then their employees need to connect like everyone else, or they need to sign a contract with the airline to subsidize the service like other small markets do. Otherwise, the companies have the choice to boost their corporate flight department or relocate. This isn't a communist country. Either way, it's not the airlines' problem. They answer to their own shareholders.

As for FDX... too stinking bad. DAL has a booming cargo business, and they're probably enjoying turning the screws on FDX.