Cannot be surprised......
199 Wide-Body Excess listed in the FCIF and 199 "new" 727 S/O.
This is a realignment of seniority, per the Hub Turn Meeting last night. At least we have an idea versus guessing.
FWIW, a training letter with that many events/cycles PLUS the training letter from 08-01 will take years. If the economy turns positive, then (per the Meeting last night) there *might* be a different bid posted in the future.
I think we are understanding what many of our customers are already experiencing, a huge downturn in business.
Didn't someone once state that FedEx is a barometer for the U.S. economy?