Originally Posted by
zerozero
Wow. The Independent got this one TOTALLY wrong.
The Amazon Air operation is TOTALLY outsourced. They have a very deep misunderstanding of the subject they're reporting on.
Forget about the passenger issue....
I think they're alluding to the difference between putting freight on FedEx/UPS, etc, vs flying their own aircraft on their own schedule.
While it is outsourced in the sense that there is a separate company operating the aircraft, they are "insouced" in the sense that Amazon is able to exercise far more control.