Put mail on three-day schedule

Fri., Sept. 16, 2011

The U.S. Postal Service always is a great benefit to the country. However, with last year’s deficit of $7 billion and the outlook of a volume drop of an estimated 50 billion pieces, how about this suggestion: As delivery personnel retire or terminate, why can’t the routes be consolidated to a three-day schedule?

The vacated route delivered Monday, Wednesday and Friday and the adjacent route on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Eventually, through attrition and retirement, no jobs would be lost. We will get the same coverage with half the delivery personnel, half the vehicles and half the fuel usage. Bulk rate mail is most of the mail being delivered these days, anyway.

Virgil Kassa

Spokane Valley

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