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November 26th, 2005, 11:15
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Does USPS have aircraft or do they contract all their shipping?
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November 26th, 2005, 13:37
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Contract. Mostly on Fedex and the passenger airlines
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November 26th, 2005, 13:49
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I was just thinking to myself how scary their flight department might be if it ran anything like the rest of that agency!
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November 26th, 2005, 19:58
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November 26th, 2005, 21:59
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If memory serves, they used to have their own flight dept., operating 727s. Learned something interesting regarding the USPS from a couple of people who've worked there for a very long time: postage rates have gone up not because of USPS inefficiencies, but because Congress keeps raiding the USPS piggy bank. The increase coming next year is due to increased congressional pilfering, nothing more...in other words, it's a hidden tax increase.
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November 26th, 2005, 22:47
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USPS used to have 727s painted their livery, but they were not operated by them!
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November 29th, 2005, 04:02
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December 1st, 2005, 07:48
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USPS flying was flown by a whole host of carriers over the years. They didn't have a large scale contractor like FedEx until 2001. USPS freight in airplanes in USPS colors were flown by Ryan International and Express One. Other large mail contractors were Kitty Hawk and Emery Worldwide. Many other smaller carriers flew mail into the dedicated mail hub in IND as well.
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December 7th, 2005, 15:31
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Q: How do you know when the USPS is hiring? A: When thier Flags are at half staff .... I'm joking ...
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December 12th, 2005, 23:14
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Damn, the only reason I got into aviation was to fly the airmail route in a Ford Tri-Motor. Guess I'll just have to live off my trust fund now....just edited that, don't type late at night after studying all day.....
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December 12th, 2005, 23:30
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