Those ATRs which were damaged in Greensboro are operated by
Mountain Air Cargo.
A friend here flew their Caravan and F-27 (then earned the ATR type rating) before he left the aviation career. Mountain Air sometimes hired outside pilots to be Captains-it saved them money to ignore seniority and leave experienced FOs guessing when they can upgrade. No union.
Fedex, according to guys who deadhead on us, has no more plans for a Paris Crewbase.
A hub can operate even without a crewbase. There were DC-8 hubs in Brussels years ago but no crewbase for some companies.
The worsening dollar/euro problem was a factor. The Hong Kong Crewbase might not happen, based on what a Fedex pilot told me a week ago, unless I misunderstood
The best of luck to all of you young pilots out there, trying to find a good job.
Our OPEC 'brothers' are not really helping us much with fuel prices-are they?.
Maybe various nations should all withhold weapon systems sales to OPEC countries.