Does this mean there isn't enough crew for all the open time, or there just isn't any open time available?

There’s open time.

the issue vis a vis the 76 is that a lot of us are contractually obligated to fly for Amazon which isn’t a big money maker, it turns out

Ok, thank you for your reply

The one thing FedEx will not be doing is putting the brake on hiring. The CBA agreement gives retiring pilots a $40,000 bonus if they give a 1 year advance notice of retiring. The company knows what we need for the future and are replacing 40% of the force due to retirement. There will be no break in hiring. What could happen though could be dropping our wet leases since our flying is reduced opening up room to replace the wet lease flights.

Makes sense, cancel the wet leases and pay the penalty fee (the current abnormally long ones) to replace with iron coming on line or just not needed at all due to current issues if they turn out plausible. Also, do not wet lease the numerous tails for the past decade for peak at both Purple and Brown. Brown plays their business a bit differently so we’ll see what the requirements are if any materialize and it will be a good litmus test to current events on how each approach peak and the validity of aforementioned current events. Aircraft from others may not be needed based on the economy issues as well time will tell. Stay frosty it’s anyones guess.

Those planes were required for new routes that are coming this fall, those routes have make and model specific restrictions namely -8 & 777.

FYI, Brown operates under NLRB rules, Purple under RLA rules

Airports need to be authorized by fleet.. You can find your company information in Ops Spec C-070

If you're talking about fhe air service, you have it backwards. The rest at ups is NLRB and non union at purple

Overall or in the end it doesn’t matter what rules we live under as restructuring is going on, planned on or awaiting forced action if the future forcasts are correct. I know, “there are rules” and then there are lawyers so loop holes, amendments or “extreme restructuring” have their ways. We just have to keep up the good fight. Demand is demand and bills need to be paid and profits maintained to some extent or perish. Optimization has arrived or will arrive in some form or fashion as it’s always being strived for. Business is business and if you had one or have one it’s understood. Contracts are constantly tested to put out fires, squeeze more juice and be more efficient. Business is war in the most non lethal sense. (Not to be misconstrued with actual war).