"No hiring for 10-12 months, and not because of the NPRM"
Our new contract included significant changes that were implemented in the March bid month. One thing that has been a windfall for the company is the new policy regarding recurrent training. If your training splits a string of R-days, the whole string is dropped, and you are forced to do make up to protect your pay. I think this item alone has caused a significant reduction in the required manning levels for FedEx.