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<blockquote data-quote="MrFedEx" data-source="post: 5255275" data-attributes="member: 12508">Here&#039;s your argument, which is nonsensical. &quot;FedEx is an airline because it&#039;s always been an airline&quot;. Except when it isn&#039;t an airline any longer. The business model has fundamentally changed, so how is that a straw man argument?&nbsp; Based on your &quot;logic&quot;, UPS could also claim to be an airline. Why don&#039;t they do that and claim RLA status? Better yet, why don&#039;t they make the rational argument that a direct competitor has been gifted a legislative advantage which it never deserved, and certainly doesn&#039;t qualify for now.As far as the delivery liability deal goes, wait and see, sir. Flim-flamming the consumer usually doesn&#039;t go well, and government entities move like glaciers as we&#039;ve seen with your Orange Hero. The packages aren&#039;t getting there on time, and haven&#039;t for quite awhile. When your &quot;airline&quot; is about 80% trucking, it stretches the bounds of credulity. Let&#039;s say Southwest Airlines decides to bus 80% of their passengers tomorrow and scrap most of their 737 fleet. Are they still an airline? According to you , they are, and they could still charge customers for service by air even though they traveled by bus. See the problem? The whole RLA Exemption deal has stunk from Day One, and it smells worse now. Ask Raj what to say next. We&#039;ll wait.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MrFedEx, post: 5255275, member: 12508"] Here's your argument, which is nonsensical. "FedEx is an airline because it's always been an airline". Except when it isn't an airline any longer. The business model has fundamentally changed, so how is that a straw man argument? Based on your "logic", UPS could also claim to be an airline. Why don't they do that and claim RLA status? Better yet, why don't they make the rational argument that a direct competitor has been gifted a legislative advantage which it never deserved, and certainly doesn't qualify for now. As far as the delivery liability deal goes, wait and see, sir. Flim-flamming the consumer usually doesn't go well, and government entities move like glaciers as we've seen with your Orange Hero. The packages aren't getting there on time, and haven't for quite awhile. When your "airline" is about 80% trucking, it stretches the bounds of credulity. Let's say Southwest Airlines decides to bus 80% of their passengers tomorrow and scrap most of their 737 fleet. Are they still an airline? According to you , they are, and they could still charge customers for service by air even though they traveled by bus. See the problem? The whole RLA Exemption deal has stunk from Day One, and it smells worse now. Ask Raj what to say next. We'll wait. [/QUOTE]

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