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City Newark / Paris / Memphis / Fort Worth / Los Angeles / Indianapolis / Toronto / Miami / Oakland / Anchorage / / Company FedEx MEC / Flying Tigers / ALPA / FedEx Corporation / The Flying Tiger Line / / Country France / United States / / Currency USD / / Event Business Partnership / M&A / Earnings Announcement / / Facility FedEx Express Air Operations Center / / Holiday Groundhog Day / / IndustryTerm express transportation / air-cargo services / pilot / emboldened management / somber pilot / airline / cargo airline / fractured / untold energy / telephone polling / / Movie Groundhog Day / / Organization Family Awareness Committee / Pilot-toPilot Committee / FedEx Master Executive Council / FedEx Pilots Association / National Mediation Board / FPA Negotiating Committee / Negotiating Committee / / Person Charlie Fore / Fred Smith / David Webb / BRUCE MEISTERMAN / / Position Captain / vice-president of flight operations / pilot group / collective bargaining representative / chairman / legal collective bargaining representative / / Product DC-10s / MD-10s / B-727s / A300 / MD-11s BRUCE / / ProvinceOrState New Jersey / Alaska / Indiana / Tennessee / Florida / California / Ontario / / PublishedMedium The Wall Street Journal / /
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n March 1973, a different kind of airline took to the skies, testing a new concept in air-cargo services: overnight delivery. While Federal Express delivered only seven packages that night in 1973, the company quickly re