Originally Posted by
itsjustajob
DHL and Amazon since about 3 years ago have been working closely to develop this hub.
Amazon currently runs the DHL hub during all daytime operations. Rumor is that Amazon in about a year will operate the DHL hub 24/7 and it will eventually be switching over into Amazon colors.
Actually, DHL operates and staffs its hub, whereas ATSG ran the ILN thing at the beginning of Amazon's experiment. Amazon is just a guest at DHL. Amazon has outgrown DHL and wants to sort at times other than when DHL makes its facility available to Amazon. That's why all recent growth in the Prime Air network has been point-to-point, bypassing CVG.
Amazon's new facility will be run by Amazon or a contractor. Little or nothing to do with DHL.
The "ready-to-strike" campaign towards Bezos will accomplish nothing. It's just a feel-good effort by the Union to rally the troops.
A smarter move would be to lobby the military to stand down Atlas from all military flights because the Houston accident could just as easily have been a planeload of troops.