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MX727
The letter that follows section 1.
FedEx Express is a Railway Labor Act (RLA) carrier whose operations are interconnected and integrated with its ground, hub and other support operations. With respect to any acquisition or development of another RLA air carrier should FedEx Corp. or other Federal Express operating companies acquire or develop any RLA carrier it shall be housed within FedEx Express. In other words, it is not the intent of FedEx Corp. to run or acquire an “alter ego” airline to compete with FedEx Express.
As for the other Federal Express operating companies, it should be noted that some of these companies have, as part of their business model, relationships with other airlines as well as FedEx Express in order to service their customers. However, none of these companies own or operate any aircraft with pilots. Should any of the other operating companies employ pilots who operate aircraft (excluding corporate aviation aircraft and those with a MTOGW of 60,000 pounds or less) for purposes of supporting their businesses, those acquisitions will be moved to FedEx Express for integration into FedEx Express, as the RLA carrier component of this network.
So what does this mean for Tradewinds? The company has to cut their ties or move to FedEX Express and integrate?