Originally Posted by NotOldNotYoung

Scope was not a concern for anybody according to polling….until the company announced their new plans. These plans are driven largely by chasing dividend growth and quarterly performance for immediate stock gains ant the expense of long term stability and growth. The old management team thought like investors. The new team thinks like speculators and raiders. If FedEx had closed this deal on the amenable date they could have snuck in scope gains for them at significantly lower pay rates because it would have been before Delta’s contract and more importantly declaring to the investing world their plans to reshape the company at the expense of FedEx employees in favor of outsourced labor. Strategic error to save a few nickels…. They are counting on us to not listen to their own words now.