FedEx Seat Bid???

[Echopapa]

Any rumors again to the narrowbody replacement of the 72? The last seat bid had the 737 on it as an option?? I guess the 757 is out??

I suspect the replacement will be the A300...We are bringing on at least 10 a year for the next three or four years. We are a mostly domestic operation, with our european commitment actually descreasing as the larger volume routes are being replaced by the MD-11.

What this means to me is that the "new" airbuses will go to domestic US flying, and with little or no domestic package volume growth, they will essentally end up slowly replacing the 72.

A look at our bidback also confirms that we are slowly picking up Boeing cities...thanks for Portland Maine but you can keep Duluth.

 

[klhoard]

...thanks for Portland Maine but you can keep Duluth.

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You forgot "Harlingen by the Sea"!!!
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[sandman2122]

And Laredo, don't forget your bullet proof vest.

 

[capt_zman]

Laredo is just plain scary. Was there last week and feared for my life on more than one occasion.

 

[VaB]

Laredo is just plain scary. Was there last week and feared for my life on more than one occasion.

That's why Woodrow had to get medieval on their a$$es.

 

[AlbieF15]

Duluth for hockey fans ain't that bad. Go bar hopping via the tunnels on the weekend layovers and catch hockey games (winter) or check out the lake (summer).

I scoffed it too till I went a few times. One of the nice perks of this job is discovering for yourself places you'd never go otherwise...

 

[seefive]

zman,

did you go across the border?

 

[FedEx1]

Grand Forks. In January. 'Nuff said.

 

[capt_zman]

No, didn't go across the border. Honestly, it just didn't feel safe. Went for a walk around the square in front of the hotel and had the feeling that I was in the wrong place at the wrong time, so went back to the hotel.

Should have taken the hint when the van driver asked if we wanted to go in the back entrance or the front! WTF!

Z-

 

[Goose17]

Duluth!

Duluth for hockey fans ain't that bad. Go bar hopping via the tunnels on the weekend layovers and catch hockey games (winter) or check out the lake (summer).

I scoffed it too till I went a few times. One of the nice perks of this job is discovering for yourself places you'd never go otherwise...

Born / raised there. Family all lives up there. There are about 3 days toward the end of July when the ice breaks up enough to swim.

I have been living in the south too long to handle the 11 months of winter. It is beautiful from inside a heated car!

Goose17

 

[stonewall]

Flint, MI, is by far the worst I've seen so far.

Biggest surprise: Billings, MT

There is a deli just to the left of the hotel that serves up a panini, chips, coke, and a giant cookie all for $4.50. Sweeeet!

 

[seefive]

I've been down there 8-10 times. It's really not as bad as it looks around the hotel safety wise, but i wouldn't go across the border after dark (that's just me). The people are nice if you actually talk to them. Next time you're there, try the little hole in the wall restaurant........out the front door, cross the park and go right down the street. It's on the left (it is just a glass door in the wall) about 1.5 blocks down. Real mexican food that is super cheap.