Originally Posted by
Albief15
One point...if margins on domestic service are less than 7%, how much do we want to "take back" from the optimizer? I'm not disputing that FDX is still a profitable enterprise, but trying to extract gains from our lowest margin area is going to be tough. Raise the cost there too much and we'll see more pressure to truck the goods. Granted, FDX Ground has its own issues, but even with Diesel at 4.80 the trucks are not our friends.
International? Yeah...we can squeeze there. There's room. But domestic yields don't invite a huge "unwinding" of the optimizer. Not saying we can't do some stuff to allieviate some issues, but protecting the goose is still important.
Albie.....FedEx pays good money for people to come up with ideas like that....and that someone is neither you nor me....we get bannanas to fly the aircraft. FedEx likes ex-mil guys because like a hooker from the third world, (even though you are in the Big BX), it is hard to forget sometimes where you came from.
Your five o'clock shadow is showing....pick up the razor.
From a former Officer, now FedEx "Enlisted guy"
