On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:31:27 -0400, Harry Krause
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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:38:20 -0400, Harry Krause
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Notice the backtracking from Memphis. Fly the package to Memphis, then
offload it and fly it back to Dulles? This is efficiency, eh?

That's just the way "hub" operations work. If you flew Delta from
Providence to New York you would probably change planes in Atlanta.
Everything that ships FedEx air goes to Memphis. The US Postal System
works the same way. If you mail a letter across town it goes to the
regional sorting center first and that might be several hundred miles
away.

Yes, I know. I just find it odd. And it is unlikely I would find myself
in Atlanta for any reason. If I had to take a flight via Atlanta I'd
find another airline first.

It's interesting that they would fly a package there from CA and back
again, but the economics work for some reason in volumes that Fed Ex
deals with.