Can't speak for what YOU see or don't see, but there are plenty of Express trucks on the road. Maybe you should hang out at the MEM hub some morning.

Common sense tells me that if there was a cheaper way to move Express freight AND meet the commitment, Absolutely, Positively, Mr. Smith would have been doing it a long, long time ago. He has an image to protect, and he couldn't give a rat's patoot about airplanes or pilots. In fact, I imagine he would take great delight in replacing his union pilots with at-will truck drivers ... IF HE COULD!!!!


How many pilots do we have sitting standby, sitting reserve, flying sweeps and flying slow, circuitous recovery routes just to protect our overnight guarantee? The resources expended to protect our REPUTATION are astounding. It's our very reputation that sets us apart and makes our existence even possible. Until trucks clock in at 600+ mph, or until a decision is made to become an "also ran" instead of the industry leader, trucks won't be replacing jets.






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