I don't think they cancelled the classes as a ploy. I think they honestly expected folks to be jumping for joy to get a Seniority number at FedEx and the thanks, but no thanks caught them by surprise.
Just me, but I'd be a lot more willing to sign up for HKG or CGN if we had a housing allowance and COLA even remotely comparable to what an enlisted guy gets....let alone what a mid level peon of a Fortune 500 company gets