Originally Posted by
LivingInMEM
Just as there is no "the Air Force" or "the Navy", there is no "the FedEx". These decisions are not made in concert, they are all made individually and without coordination. The flight management people make their decisions and the training people make theirs, and sometimes it works out while other times it doesn't.
I think a better explanation is (just like the Air Force) a group of bean counters make a recommendation to the boss and everyone else has to react to it.