Originally Posted by
Heavy B
They do the same thing with delivering packages through DSPs. All the risk and operational stress is shifted to a third party.
Package ground deliver is under NLRA, airlines are under the RLA. Single Transportation System rules under the RLA are in the post above.
It actually may be a bit of a grey area, as for the longest time Fedex Ground was RLA and UPS ground was NLRA. The consensus was that UPS started as a ground company, and later added air. Fedex was an airline from the beginning. I'll have to dig a bit to see if that one has been resolved yet, I know it was a sticky issue a number of years back. I'll look into how it turned out.... unless somebody already knows. I think they returned all ground to NLRA. This was back around 2010 IIRC
A DHL NMB decision in 2003 may come into play.