Question for FDX folks!
11-15-2013 | 01:13 PM
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From: UPS Captain
Question for FDX folks!
Just curious how many contractors you guys use to transport your cargo? Is that even allowed in your contract?
If you look around the ramp at any of your sort facilities, how many different carriers are parked there hauling your stuff?
Seems a trend at UPS that appears to be more and more commonplace.
Thanks!
If you look around the ramp at any of your sort facilities, how many different carriers are parked there hauling your stuff?
Seems a trend at UPS that appears to be more and more commonplace.
Thanks!
11-15-2013 | 01:55 PM
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From: Rocking chair
We have fairly complex scope previsions that limit contractors. Generally we only see "big" contractors during peak, and I can't remember seeing any in recent years. Some contractors flying larger craft in Europe when bilaterals limit Fedex flying, mainly flights to Britain but even these have mostly disappeared. Of course the small fleet is all contractors everywhere, even if the paint is purple. (Intra) Canadian flying is contracted. That's about the only time a Fedex painted jet is not flown by Fedex pilots.
11-16-2013 | 03:59 AM
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From what can be read right here on APC, FedEx has a goodly number of contractors. By that I mean individual pilots who take advantage of the system and their fellow pilots, all for the sake of making an additional buck or three. Special deals; Bots; picking up disputed pairings on an on-going basis, etc. Yeah, I'd say that we have a number of "contractors" in our own crew force.
11-16-2013 | 10:16 AM
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From: MD-11 Captain
I asked the agent what we were carrying on a second airplane every day? He said blackberrys (not sure if that meant the fruit or the phone?) and auto parts.
11-16-2013 | 11:29 AM
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11-17-2013 | 05:26 AM
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