Amazon 737 Freighters
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#75
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If you read into the SEC filing on how the deal is structured, it all but solidifies that Atlas/Southern will remain a contractor for many years to come. The deal is structured where GECAS owns the airplanes and leases them to Amazon. Amazon then leases them to Atlas/Southern where Amazon retains all the flexibility.
This deal really highlights the significant threat of massive layoffs for the pilots of Atlas/Southern down the road when/if Amazon decided to start up their own airline.
This deal really highlights the significant threat of massive layoffs for the pilots of Atlas/Southern down the road when/if Amazon decided to start up their own airline.
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I heard it was more like the FAA told UPS to bring it in-house. I am surprised that AMZ and DHL have been able to get away with the system as it is now. If I was FDX or UPS, I would have raised the BS flag long ago.
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The FAA of today is a different machine than what it was. That manifested itself in 2 airframes as of late.
#79
A trillion $ company paying zero taxes knows how to get around the system just fine🤓
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The FAA is now willfully blind to the puppet strings. Just as they are willfully blind to the actions of CEOs and COOs. And neither of those are bugs, they are features.
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