Understood. Answered that question about 5 or so posts up I thought for those that waste time reading anything I post. I post everywhere just informationally if you will. Having a ton of friends at the Fed and Brown does not make me an expert nor have I declared as most do or do not. Bottom line I (we) work for you occasionally during peak if I choose the line. A lot of time off enjoying the information I guess I would say and maybe misjudging your post it’s just my -2 cents - that’s all. Don’t believe I have said anything negative towards purple directly. Correct me if I am wrong, honestly.

Additionally, having been stuck recently in areas overseas where y’all are has been a great source of insight to the operational impacts based on current events. Have absolutely no input or fight with your company policies, just seeing if ours mitigates the same threats if you will. Whether hanging out at INC in the terminal airport with all your folks enlightening me on the issues at hand (just once thankfully - good for a short stay but not long term/that seemed tough) or just reading the “warnings” thread has kept me aware/in the loop regarding INC, PVG and especially HKG, etc, It provides valuable data when I bid. Totally on the outside looking in and thankful for the knowledge posted regarding such matters.

No harm no foul just curious. Keep in mind our system form is much different than Atlas or Kallitta so rules and regulations especially during COVID affect each operation much differently. For example y’all may operate into a country from a location that has a different restriction than where we operate from. Our company may not be willing to take a risk with country policy interpretation that your company may be willing to take. One company flies contract freight and one flies their own freight. A lot of times we see an airplane on the ramp and think oh they are both airplanes however as we know the regulations governing that flight might be apples and oranges. As for the pension debate I will leave that for the professionals and negotiators. I’m to dumb to know all the laws and risk assessments. What I do know is that is what they do for a living. Glad you gain some insight from the forum. Good to see all viewpoints.

See, that’s great stuff right there. Definitely different contracts and I tend to stay away from most of the scheduled runs for the more interesting locations (not all good). Definitely different regulations as you mentioned especially regarding our pax vs cargo runs for sure. Pension debate whatever it might be, hopefully the flesh eating lawyers are on our side where ever you work.

Quit reading those media asses OPINIONS! What a difference a year made since COVID19 had broken out? FedEx will and is prevailing. Record earnings beating estimates. Amazon has NO infrastructure like us and will take YEARS to build. The only thing would be if it were allowed for them to buy FedEx. Doubtful. If I told you my long winded, storied career with approaching 25 yrs. and retirement soon at FedEx, you'd feel reinforcement! I still have NO regrets and have lots of fun and great memories here. There is NO perfect job. This comes the closest. We are treated quite well.

How does everyone feel about Amazon’s new purchase? Starting to own planes outright. Only a dozen, but every long journey begins with a first step. And they certainly have no issues with funding a long journey.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amaz...ng-767s-2021-1

Don’t second guess yourself. Your on a rock in outer space, so who knows what tomorrow brings.

Not worried at all. Let them haul the garbage for no margin. I would rather haul the millions of pounds of other freight at much more profitable margins. Not a shortage of other business outside of Amazon and other opportunities will continue to arise. FedEx looks brilliant now for booting Amazon.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...of-pricey-jets

Amazon started a UPS-like parcel service in the U.K. last year, but abandoned a similar effort in the U.S. amid the surge in online orders. Much of Wall Street believes Amazon will eventually fly packages for other companies to defray investments in Amazon Air and generate new revenue streams, much the way it did with other logistics services and its cloud-computing division.

“I absolutely expect them to pick that up again,’’ says Ravi Shanker, a Morgan Stanley logistics and transportation analyst.

But for now, Amazon Air ships items already in its warehouses, typically bound for customers.

Understand and I refer you to my above statements. Take a look at the predictions on cargo demand growth expectations and pair that with reduced capacity. Let Amazon haul the low margin garbage. Let FedEx haul the higher revenue garbage. Plenty of room for others in the cargo market as we order everything from our couches now.

Remember when FedEx is bidding/negotiating a contract they are not only offering to haul the stuff they are offering many other ancillary benefits.