My take; If you are young, like 30 or less, IMHO cargo will be single pilot ops domestically before you retire and INTL long haul will be non augmented with some kind of allowance for pilots resting (aka, both allowed to be off duty) while enroute. A job that already lacks social interaction relative to pax ops will get worse. Give it another 10 years or so, I think it's entirely possible that pilotless ops will be here or soon on the horizon.

Pay and benefits, (at Fedex) will be comparable to UPS, if history is any guide, just slightly less in terms of pay and benefits, but will we continue to hold some advantages of some soft issues which we, collectively, will continue to look toward as a plus for working at Fedex. At Fedex you will have a good retirement but not a great one, certainly not an advantage over the pax carriers like we boasted 10 years ago. You will never have any kind of decent travel benefit, not that its as good for them (pax pilots) as it used to be, but it is close to non existent for us. In retirement (where it could really be a nice benefit, and presumably is for retired pax staff) it will be even less.

Other advantages, like quick upgrade, more years at WB pay, less likely to be layed off, are all subject to events that can't be accurately predicted.

If you are a social type, like to see where you are going most of the time (day flying) and don't mind some of the noted hassles of dealing with people, than consider that when looking at Fedex/UPS. Our management loves to tell us how much our flying is tougher due to type of operation we a subject to and how much they appreciate our dictation to service. Then they roll the beancounter level management into the room and beat us silly with a stick. Maybe things will change in the future, I wouldn't count on it and you shouldn't either.