Originally Posted by
Omnipotent
How does Amazon have an active "roll"... your words, in contractor negotiation? If they did have any "roll", they would be exercising operational control and therefore, subject to the FAA requiring them to form their own AOC, which is the wet dream of Amazon contractor pilots.
I have to tread softly on this answer
Amazon has presence at both ATLAS and ATSG headquarters. Those offices are staffed with Amazon people and I can promise you planes are routed and alternates even selected with their approval. Its a grey area of how much do we serve the customer needs and when said customer has "control"