Originally Posted by
Seneca Pilot
Amazon will focus first on their ongoing build out to completely service their network. They will do this until all kinks are worked out and they have complete coverage with little or no service failures. Then when they have the network, the procedures worked out, and the excess capacity, they will set out to crush UPS and Fedex. Both of those companies completely screwed Amazon in the early 2010s and dropped the ball on a bunch of Christmas deliveries and caused tons of customer service problems. Amazon made the decision to build out their own systems at that time and have been moving at a rapid pace to get it done.
They want all of their operations in house because they feel that no other company will serve their customers as well as they will.
HA. Serve their customers! Amazon is a terrible employer and this is nothing more than gaining leverage to control their costs. They take their money from all of the stock investors, see side hustle thread, and use it to control a new aspect of their business. Then they automate it as much as possible and put as many of their employees on gig employee hour contracts and pay zero benefits. “Free Shipping” ain’t free, society just hasn’t seen what it costs yet.
If you want to see aviation automated, buy stuff on Amazon.