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FedEx postal contract ends in 2008--Will they get it again?

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BREAKFAST WITH THE FOOL
FedEx and Postal Service in $7 Billion Deal



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By Tom Jacobs (TMF Tom9)
January 11, 2001

You'll get more purple and white with your blue soon at post offices, after the nation's mail carrier decided to fly high with FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) yesterday. In a seven-year pact that could yield $6.3 billion, FedEx will transport U.S. Postal Service Priority and Express Mail between airports. FedEx will also pay between $126 million and $132 million to put its own drop-off boxes in 10,000 post offices over the next 18 months -- with rights to space in up to 38,000 more -- gaining up to $900 million in estimated new revenue.



And that may not be all. "The conversation doesn't end with this," Postmaster General William Henderson said, adding that more discussions could lead to FedEx depositing its own packages at post offices or the Postal Service using FedEx's system for better tracking of Priority Mail shipments.



But the deal does not yet provide that letter carriers will deliver FedEx packages or that FedEx will deliver mail. Rather, FedEx estimates it will hire about 500 new pilots, 200 mechanics, and 1,000 cargo handlers to handle about 30 DC-10 aircraft a day of Express and Priority Mail. Alan B. Graf Jr, FedEx's chief financial officer, saw a "great marginal return for the amount of variable costs we have to put in," and downplayed any overlap between the two entities' delivery services.



This should be a great deal for both parties: FedEx can utilize planes idle at certain hours, and the Postal Service wins another shot at improving its sagging reputation, especially with the business users of its more expensive services. But Postal Service-private company deals have failed to deliver before. Emery Worldwide Airlines, a unit of CNF Inc. (NYSE: CNF), had a 10-year contract to transport Priority Mail until 2002, but in November the Postal Service and Emery agreed to terminate the deal on January 7. Emery yesterday failed to secure a federal court order blocking the FedEx deal.


Is the post office going to split up the contract next time between UPS, FedEx and possibly Astar? I wonder.
 
Let me pull out my crystal ball.

How much has the industry changed in the past three years?

What's in store for the next three years?

Oh yeah, I heard a rumor that Atlas is buying FedEx! :eek:

HAH!!! :D

:p
 
Let me connect the dots....

Interview in July or August, get into the pool 6 weeks later, class date sometime in 2006. Fedex continues to hire 250 a year. Postal contract lost in 2008. Would that leave those hired in 2006-2007 in the SO seat for awhile? Would a furlough happen?
 
Fred and the rest of the Illuminati know the world will end in 2011, so they're not too worried about our contract (or the Postal one).
 
MAGNUM!! said:
Fred and the rest of the Illuminati know the world will end in 2011, so they're not too worried about our contract (or the Postal one).

I thought the world was scheduled to end in Dec of 2012. At least that what the guys on Art Bell say.
 
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Actualy,

The Fedex - USPS deal is a series of 7 year contracts that is renewed every year for a seven (7) year term. Fred aint stupid.

The contract is, can, and has been be mutualy amended each year. USPS has up the load every year. Fedex now carries almost twice the orignal agreed upon amount.This effectively protects Fedex from having the rug pulled out after large capital investment.

Nice try with the flame bait though!
 
Not flame bait. But definitely not worrying about stirring the pot and asking probing questions. I've worked for at least one company that proved less than completely honest with growth and revenue projections. I've been searching the web on this topic, very little info.


My Hope:

If the contract "comes up" in 2008 it will stay with FedEx. Sounds like the deal Fred made is structured differently. I hope you are right!

If not the above, that it only reduces to a slightly lower level and is shared with other U.S. carriers.

If not the two above, that its departure is gradual to protect employee positions.


I have read about the amount increasing every year. I thought that increase was a part of the original agreement. But I don't really know if the whole thing "comes up" in 2008 or if only some of it does. Any hard info on this topic would be appreciated.


Cheers,

FBJ
 
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MAGNUM!! said:
Fred and the rest of the Illuminati know the world will end in 2011, so they're not too worried about our contract (or the Postal one).
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Didn't you guys hear? NASA changed the trajectory of that asteroid with their probe so it will now hit the world in 2011. Just in time to end the chaos of PEAK OIL and President Hillary's regime.
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It's all part of the vast Right Wing conspiracy. . .
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You can joke about it all you want, fact is the USPS is not happy with performance. They've had some letters and packages getting through on time, and they will make changes. You read it here first.
 

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