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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 2717892" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>Under current FAA rules any pkg that will be placed on an aircraft will be handled exclusively by regular employees of that company, not by employees of a sub-contractor.&nbsp; That&#039;s why it&#039;s important to Fred to keep Express under the RLA. If Trump does come through with deregulation I&#039;m sure FedEx will be lobbying to allow sub-contractors&#039; employees, properly vetted, to handle all aspects of pick-up and delivery.&nbsp; Express could then just be the aircraft, the pilots, the ramp employees.&nbsp; Otherwise you might see regular Express employees doing pickups and Ground doing deliveries.&nbsp; Express employees might be doing all pickups including Ground&#039;s just to reduce the confusion and hassle customers experience.&nbsp; And it would probably involve having both services work out of the same location to further reduce costs and expedite sorting.&nbsp; But until FedEx is confident it can avoid unionization through deregulation don&#039;t bet on any major overhauls.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 2717892, member: 24302"] Under current FAA rules any pkg that will be placed on an aircraft will be handled exclusively by regular employees of that company, not by employees of a sub-contractor. That's why it's important to Fred to keep Express under the RLA. If Trump does come through with deregulation I'm sure FedEx will be lobbying to allow sub-contractors' employees, properly vetted, to handle all aspects of pick-up and delivery. Express could then just be the aircraft, the pilots, the ramp employees. Otherwise you might see regular Express employees doing pickups and Ground doing deliveries. Express employees might be doing all pickups including Ground's just to reduce the confusion and hassle customers experience. And it would probably involve having both services work out of the same location to further reduce costs and expedite sorting. But until FedEx is confident it can avoid unionization through deregulation don't bet on any major overhauls. [/QUOTE]

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