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.
One of the biggest reasons we are hiring so many is to keep pace with our guys retiring. We did not hire for years and now are playing catch up. We have guys retiring like crazy and we are way behind the eight ball. Thus, the huge capt. bids...We are growing but a good portion of it is just to maintain.