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20. A return to an airmail rate for domestic mail??

Wed Aug 9, 2023, 10:19 AM

Aug 2023

The domestic airmail rate for letters was eliminated in 1976. When this occurred, it was required that first class letter mail travel by the fastest method possible, but it would not be less than the transit time of airmail to all locations that it was available.

Not sure if this is in the works, but I wouldn't doubt it for a second.

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Postal Service reduces air cargo by 90% over 2 years as part of cost-cutting effort [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 OP

Postal Service press release ? single source ? Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #1

Here is a link to a stream of the USPS Board of Governors meeting (latest displayed) BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #2

WTF Why is DeJoy charging us First Class/Air Mail prices for GROUND shipment?! SunSeeker Aug 2023 #3

Planes use more carbon then trucks. jimfields33 Aug 2023 #5

It is not a little delay. DeJoy is causing business to go to UPS and FedEx planes. SunSeeker Aug 2023 #7

That's Been The Repuke Plan For Decades: GB_RN Aug 2023 #8

Because the USPS does not own planes they use Fedex or UPS for air carriers. Scruffy1 Aug 2023 #24

100% this. pandr32 Aug 2023 #25

Every day in transit is more exposure to loss and theft. Hope22 Aug 2023 #13

One question- pazzyanne Aug 2023 #4

Because the Board (so far) has kept him there. BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #6

Thank you, BumRushDaShow! pazzyanne Aug 2023 #12

5 of the 9 members have been appointed by President Biden Jose Garcia Aug 2023 #15

Remember that the Board members have a fixed party restriction BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #18

Thank you! Yes, it's tied 4 (D) - 4 (R) ( 1 (I)). That's why DeJoy is still there. nt SunSeeker Aug 2023 #29

And one of those (D)s still in there, who is on a holdover year BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #32

I wish there was a way to measure the carbon emissions effect Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #9

They used to BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #10

Sigh . And mail is slower. Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #11

IMO the delays are intentional. The excuse that cost is the reason to alter the mission Ford_Prefect Aug 2023 #14

It's intentional JustAnotherGen Aug 2023 #16

Sure it is. Your payment to your credit card company will now take no_hypocrisy Aug 2023 #17

Bingo! JustAnotherGen Aug 2023 #30

Do people still mail checks to pay bills? Zeitghost Aug 2023 #33

Yes, I do. Altho more often these days I just take it straight to the bank rather than trust DeJoy Hekate Aug 2023 #36

The USPS has lost Digikey as a customer, truthisfreedom Aug 2023 #19

I can tell you from experience BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #21

My cousin had a FedEx route a couple of years back. Not sure exactly how it worked, but he Scrivener7 Aug 2023 #22

Their original claim to fame BumRushDaShow Aug 2023 #23

There are two FedEx companies now. PSPS Aug 2023 #27

A return to an airmail rate for domestic mail?? Throckmorton Aug 2023 #20

That asshole has certainly moved to wreck the Post Office Wild blueberry Aug 2023 #26

in all honesty if you have to overnight something is the post office your first choice dembotoz Aug 2023 #28

The point is, my whole life (75 yrs) the USPS was world-class & improved every year Hekate Aug 2023 #35

raise the rates on trash from amazon nt msongs Aug 2023 #31

DeJoy continues his mission of destroying a world-class piece of infrastructure .... Hekate Aug 2023 #34