Originally Posted by
itsjustajob
The case is simple, Aligning with Amazon/DHL while retaining full ownership of the fleet and route authorities insures that Atlas cannot be leveraged as was the case with previous "ACMI" carriers. In other words, if DHL walks, Atlas takes the fleet and routes with them, same goes for Amazon.
I don't follow this at all. At least on the Amazon side, the flying-the-aircraft contract is reported to be terminable by Amazon at any time without penalty on 180 days' notice. The
dry leases of the aircraft to Amazon by Titan (a different subsidiary) are for a fixed period of time. I do not understand how you believe the arrangement "insures" anything about who will fly the aircraft.
It does mean that Titan makes its scheduled profit on the aircraft for the lease period regardless of who (if anyone) is flying them, so AAWW makes that profit, but I don't see how this helps the pilots of the aircraft-flying subsidiary.