FedEx playing hardball with Congress
#12
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My gut says the few $billion this "potential" cancelled order may cost Boeing won't register outside of the states of Illinois and Washington. Nowadays, with the hundreds of $billions and $trillions routinely thrown around, a $5-6 billion deal will hardly warrant a pepper sneeze.
Joe
#14
What am I missing here?
This seems like a rather ignorant/impotent move by FDX.
They couldn't have picked a worse White House admin to threaten Union Labor.
They couldn't have picked a worse economic time to say they are "threatening" not to buy some airplanes when everyone knows they don't appear to need or maybe even want any (volume down/furlough threats).
I'm am no expert--what do they think they can get out of this? This House at this time may even try to force them to buy the aircraft if they try to back out of a deal. You know--"save the Boeing jobs" angle.
This seems like a rather ignorant/impotent move by FDX.
They couldn't have picked a worse White House admin to threaten Union Labor.
They couldn't have picked a worse economic time to say they are "threatening" not to buy some airplanes when everyone knows they don't appear to need or maybe even want any (volume down/furlough threats).
I'm am no expert--what do they think they can get out of this? This House at this time may even try to force them to buy the aircraft if they try to back out of a deal. You know--"save the Boeing jobs" angle.
#17
So you would rather see Congress cave in to pressure from the Teamsters. I'll take Fred over a bunch of union criminals any day of the week. I'm not against our mechanics organizing; they just need to do it on a national level (and preferably with anyone other than the Teamsters.) Yes I was a teamster, my brother is still a teamster, so I can call the crooks "crooks" if I want to.
#19
Fred either has HUGE balls or has lost his mind. Even with a so-called pro-labor W.H. however, I wouldn't be shocked to see him prevail as this new administration (or it's tele-prompter ) seems little more than talk in more and more ways.
#20
Not sure what there is to gain by this threat. Pretty sure other airlines will line up to buy these planes. Wouldn't there be a pretty hefty penalty to cancel these orders??
Guess the "brain trust" really hates unions.....
Guess the "brain trust" really hates unions.....
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