Originally Posted by
org1
The USPS never had their own aircraft. The 727s belonged to Emery, who contracted with Ryan to crew them. Before Emery, the contract was held by Evergreen.
Actually, Emery shared the contract with Express One (Longhorn callsign.) Emery/Ryan had the 727-100s and EO had the 727-200s. You haven't lived till you've done night hub-turns on a non-sched salary. Puts our contract into perspective.