Originally Posted by
WingOffLight
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"
Sounds like operational control to me. Why don't 1224 and the ATI MEC press the FAA to declare Amazon in operational control of the various contractors and force Amazon to either buy an existing contractor's AOC or form their own?