Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
Thats a crap answer.... do you think Atlas, ABX, Kalitta..etc.... garner the same "rate" for their services that UPS and FEDEX do.. and frankly ACMI carriers are NOT in the same business as FEDEX as UPS....DIFFERENT business models built on different revenue streams.... pretty sure most of the pallets on a FEDEX or UPS aircraft have FEDEX and UPS waybills on them .. moving their OWN freight... now.. thats not always true.. but its almost ALWAYS TRUE that Atlas, K4, ABX etc... are NOT carrying pallets with their waybills on the pallets....
You can argue with me all you want but arguing against Adam Smith's basic laws of economics will put you in a losing position every single time.
Good luck to the companies that want to exploit their pilots by using sub-market pilot contracts to supplement weak airline business models. The future of these types of companies is looking rather bleak.