Originally Posted by Freightpuppy
Zoro....all great points. I really could care less how much FedEx has hired. United, American, etc. hired a lot before 9/11 too. Just because a company hires like mad doesn't mean things are going to work out wonderfully there. Fast growth and mad expansion is not always the best thing IMHO.
Also, where are you getting that they could mix nights with days, etc? When I read the scheduling section, I understood it to read that they couldn't do that.
Comparing Fed Ex to UPS is like comparing apples to oranges. Nobody mentions the amount of air that UPS trucks compared to Fed Ex. Hence the reason why the need for less pilots and less aircraft. That is how the profit margins work out better. Ship a Next Day Air (non saturday delivery) on a Friday from Boston to Atlanta and the thing will never touch an airplane.