Originally Posted by
UPSFO4LIFE
What they can do is close a sort facility. Instead of sending one plane from gateway A to SDF and RFD, they get rid of the RFD flight. I know it would be extream, but maybe closing DFW or RFD and sending that volume to SDF. That would cut flights and jobs without hurting the customer. I think that would be WAAAYYY down the road, but don't think it can't happen.
<BG> They do this all the time. UPS is always tweaking. Read the changes in the bid packets. Glad they do! After the 97 strike was settled, CAE closed up, it looked like RFD before that. No one was furloughed. Part of the reason everything doesn't come through SDF in the first place is volume limits on NDA. Even Worldport won't provide all the necessary business requirements.
The other reason is contingency. Think the SDF snow/ice storms. They have come to rely on the ability to move sort capability around. Fedex does same. (Where UPS got the idea <g>)