My thinking is, if they could find any way to bring service up to parcel carrier standards, even while keeping their current rate structure, they'd make a profit because they'd be the "alternative" that DHL never managed to be.
But that change would take things like, oh, insourcing your linehauls, sniping a few of those highly trained parcel engineers from the private sector, and enforcing stringent work rules. Never going to happen, sadly.
Instead of learning efficiency, though, the only thing the USPS has learned from private sector parcel carriers (namely FredEx) is how to outsource to less-dependable contractors. Often, I think this results in a lot of missed opportunities for better service.
It works a lot like when the DOT builds one of those crumbly, tumbly bridges. Who gets contracted to build it? The lowest bidder, that's who! Same rings true for many USPS linehauls and, if you live in a rural area like we do, possibly your local route, too!
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