A good point a friend made to me before I started here which I feel is relevant in the pax. Vs. cargo discussion. You can go to one of the big 3 airlines and if you are lucky you might get a widebody as a new hire. If you don’t then you wait a couple of years and you can get a widebody slot and finally make widebody pay, but to earn that wide body pay you’ll most likely be having to fly 6+ hours internationally across the ocean at night in one direction or the other. At fedex, you have a much higher probability of getting a widebody slot and widebody pay right away and while you’ll still be flying it at night it will be on a one hour flight to Atlanta; as your delta comrades are getting to about Bangor you are arriving at your hotel. Now, I’m very aware of the simplicity and all the variable to that statement, but it illustrates the point of how fedex uses their widebody planes as opposed to the pax airlines, the value you earn in your money, and your likely hood of earning the money sooner. Had I gone to a United or Delta I would probably be flying the 737 for 737 money 3-4 legs a day turning through Orlando with 50% of the plane being sugared out kids going to see Mickey.