Daniel,

I'm not grumpy... at least I don't feel grumpy. What Gunter is missing, is that the passenger guys, domestically, fly a bunch more ups and downs a day than we do, because their system revolves around them moving people all over the place, while our freight system offers many fewer flights choices a day, and depending on which jet you're on, fewer city-choices, because we don't need to move the jets as much to make money. Mostly into and out of our hubs. So if you're junior at FedEx, you're probably on the 727, flying night hub turns, to cities that the more senior guys don't want to fly to. If you're junior at United, American, Delta, etc, you're probably flying their smallest piece of equipment, to where ever your trips take you. There is much more diversity of flying at FedEx and UPS than there is at the legacy carriers, and as such, seniority again rears it's ugly head, and the junior guys get stuck with the less-than-desirable trips and duty periods. Again, being junior sucks, but let's not forget, that over time, most junior guys become senior, and our company has been rather stable, whereas the passenger airlines have not.

JJ