Originally Posted by
Precontact
Star operates routes that UPS does not have route authority to operate. IPA scope protects those other intra-Europe and intra-Asia routes as well as trunk routes from outsourcing, something that FedEx pilot do not enjoy. FedEx could replace your Europe-USA and Asia-USA routes tomorrow with contractors. We will never give up these scope protections.
So how come UPS started building MD-11 intra-Europe flying (that the aircraft NEVER did) after the grounding and then started to contract it out if they're scope clause is so awesome?