Skimmology

I don't understand... Turned over to ground, CPR and GJT. They'll truck it to DEN? Then fly it to MEM? Or truck it to MEM.

Once again, splain it to me.

threeighteen

The majority of express couriers are PT right now. Only FT drivers are swing-drivers now, unless its a major city.

UPS doesn't have the USPS-subsidized day-flying network. Yet. I think we will hold on to at least most of the contract, but will do it for less profit.

CPR and GJT already get trucks to/from DEN several times/week. The 757s that run into both would likely remain, ground would likely just be doing the deliveries and the express handlers+couriers would disappear or be re-assigned.

Ground is definitely getting the "express-saver" and pretty much any freight that's not P01/P02 sometime in near near future.

MEMA300

So cutting all day flying out of MEM and all night flying out if INDY is going to have no effect? My WAG is that is 30-35% of our flying.

The Walrus

I would assume that it would not just be a cut, but a shift of flying day to ind night to mem.

MEMA300

Do we have a bunch of empty gates in Memphis?

The Walrus

More like half full aircraft.

ClutchCargo

MEM day sort=USPS contract. Not going away unless we lose postal.

Skimmology

If the day sort moves out of MEM, won't they loose their ability to flip flop our circadian rhythm, hence loosing ability to screw with our QOL and bodies. Being serious they loose their flexibility, by shift day and night sorts to separate hubs, don't they? Just separating hubs, they loose flexibility.

As far as Express being turned over to Ground.
Pretty much every Express ramp has Ground poaching freight.

When I think of Express being handed over to Ground, I think of No Jet in there. Just trucks... If there is a jet there Express handles it?

propsync

This is how the rumor mill really gets going. That is bad info. Different barcodes, Ground can't sort Express, and vice versa.

Ground will not be taking over Express. Ground doesn't even have the Home Delivery part of Ground in the same building in many places. Neither network is capable of absorbing the other. It seems like it would make sense to combine them, but if they really wanted that, they would have done it 14 or so years ago, when Ground was only a quarter or so the size it is today.

Now, some products that Express does may move to Ground accounts. When FedEx bought RPS, Express took over the RPSAir 2 day product. And when I say take over, they moved that part of those accounts to Express. Ground's transit times are so fast, it's why the Express domestic market has been slowly shifting to Ground. With the exception of coast-to-coast, almost everything is done in three or fewer days. If you had non-critical shipments, you could be in Kansas City, process orders on Monday and Tuesday, and have everything delivered by Friday. You'd save money on the shipment and the workforce.

Superpilot92

Anything to do with the major starting to carry a lot more of that USPS stuff? I see we move tons of it now fwiw