Mailman wrote...
"I hope they can make this "evolution" before DHL/ASTAR cargo scews them over......like the 2,900 U.S. truck drivers DHL recently fired......"
As an ASTAR pilot, let me just respond to this on two points...
1. Yes the DHL drivers took a royal screwing from DHLWE and DPWN. We don't intend on getting the same treatment.
2. ASTAR isn't trying to screw ABX pilots out of anything. We do, however have a thing called a contract that DHLWE, that's the ground company, signed with us that specifically makes them beholden to our scope clause. Now, I'm sorry if the management of ABF and DHLWE/DP blew sunshine up your ass about how great things would be on your latest contract, but just understand this, our scope clause with DHLWE exsisted before your contract did with DHL, so, I think we are just enforcing our contract.
Abexpilot wrote......
"1) They just sued their primary customer.
2) Astar's costs are higher that ABX's on a per shipment basis. Their contract with DHL is on a cost plus basis which is about 5.5% higher than that of the ABX contract with DHL.
3) The ABX network is much larger and system capacity is much greater.
4) The performance rating for Abx is consistently around 97% as compared to Astar's rating of around 84%.
5) ABX is a Cat II airline with the 767's being Cat III capable. Astar is a Cat I airline. This difference can be crutial to dispatch reliability."
Point (1).....You need to understand that John Fellows at DHL is a lying sorry sack who knowingly violated our scope once with the NWA cargo route they fly and he got caught and was given grace by the arbitrator. He doesn't give a tinker's **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** about ASTAR ABX or anybody else, and if we lose our scope clause lawsuit, ASTAR will be the least of ALL our worries because you will see Kitty Hawk, Express One, et al, on DHL ramps. Also, I don't know what ANX management has told you but the basis upon which ABX management's countersuit rests, if won, would invalidate every ALPA contract at every ALPA airline. Possible but not likely.
#2. I guarantee you with your new contract and the cost of running your own airport, your costs are higher.
#4. 84%? What, did Joe tell yall that. Uh ya might want to check into that it's around 98.5%.
#5. Cat II vs. Cat I....so how come more airlines are going away from CAT II not towards it?
Look guys if things go south for either airline it's gonna be because DHLWE screwed us and no other reason. Our CEO, John Dasburgh testified at the DOT that he wanted and tried to buy you guys when DHL bought the ground side but DHLWE would not allow it. Now why do you think that is? So they could screw us all by playing us off one another. Does the name Emery ring a bell? When the smoke clears we'll just have to see who's standing.