Originally Posted by
Akamai
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We will have to hire at least that many to cover the IRO spots on the 330 freighter by the end of next year, assuming we will be flying that thing to CDG, LHR, FRA.
That is a heck of an assumption. Is it based on anything?
Amazon said at the time that the A330s were to replace older, smaller 767s, not for expansion. Amazon ships a lot of air. They're not looking to move it very far. They want volume, and the A330 has more volume than the 767 does. They move stuff around between distribution centers domestically to facilitate their Prime 2-day shipping. They have other networks for their foreign operations, and if they're moving significant volume across oceans, I'm not aware of it.