Originally Posted by
jackryan
An old dying sentiment. They want to use everyone else’s airplanes to fly their freight. Just ask the pilots that were kicked out of the European base. They’ll tell you all about it.
FedEx is a logistics solution that utilizes airplanes to move freight when it makes sense.
The Fred Smith glory days at FedEx are over.
Originally Posted by
John Carr
So bascially, turning into UPS before UPS used thier own planes.......
Originally Posted by
Boeing Aviator
I’m pretty sure before 1988 when UPS brought their flying in house. They always owned the airplanes (mostly if not all), but they were crewed by the likes of Orion, Ryan and a handful of others like them.
Originally Posted by
John Carr
May need a fact check;
You think there ever could be a danger of UPS or Fedex saying, "We're shutting down our air operations and using ACMI airlines" ?