Quote Originally Posted by EasternGirl View Post
The tracking system on the computer lets you see an ongoing update of where the package is...it tells you where it is at any given moment that you check and it seems to be updated regularly
There, you see? I know that the web page is updated regularly, but the arrival and/or departure time cannot be updated until the scanner data has been entered into the computer. That doesn't always happen in real time.

I know this because I used to work at PDX, for FedX. We scan packages but we don't download the data from the scanner into the computer until we go on break or our shift ends. That means, even if a package was scanned at say, 10am, it's possible it wont show up on the tracking website until as late as 6pm.