Originally Posted by ACMIguy

13 years of this and I’ve learned that Amazon and DHL are both scumbag operators. The profit margins for their contractors will never be high. A few years ago I was in Seattle having breakfast at the airport hotel and had my badge turned around so I kept getting glances from all the ATSG pilots trying to figure out who I was. Anyway, I heard them all bragging about how they were poaching flying from a larger (might even say “Giant”) air carrier. This other airline was in stalled contract negotiations and their opinion was that we were so embittered that we would never survive as an operator. I just smirked and chuckled to myself. Being Amazon’s golden boy doesn’t mean much. I’ve always admired my airline’s high diversification and ability to bring in high profit contracts. They know how to make cold hard cash. DHL/AZN will always just be icing on our cake, not our cake.