Originally Posted by
Czech Airman
Amazon isn't going inhouse. It's going to use contractors and probably multiple contractors. It's going to be like DHL on steroids in the US with various contractors battling for a piece of the Amazon action and Bezos playing contractors against another for the lowest cost.
Thank you for your input, MEMbrain/Fegelein. The last time I looked, Mr. Bezos is a US citizen, and Amazon is a US company. As such, they don't have the same excuse that DHL had for "operating" in the US as they are now.
As the article states, getting an operating certificate would be the next step, either original, or buying that of an existing operator, ala UPS/IPX, 1988 style. Even if Amazon doesn't move (fast enough?) towards that action, does anybody think that Fed Ex and UPS would sit idly by, and let Amazon operate like that without cranking up their PAC to force Amazon to fish (go through certification process), or cut bait (revert back to being a customer) ?