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03-28-2017 | 02:28 PM
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Airborne Express, actually ABF senior management, the Bobs (Cline and Brazier) realized that Airborne was number three and had no delusions of grandeur to try and compete head on with FedEx and UPS. They had a nice little niche of mostly B2B customers and were in their safe space at number three. They realized that FedEx and/or UPS could squash them like a bug if they got out of their lane.
03-28-2017 | 02:45 PM
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Amazon, however, seems to be distancing themselves from ABX. So, I'm not sure how much weight you can put on having previous experience running an express operation. Amazon wants to run things their way, not the way Airborne Express used to run things.
IIRC, ABX and DHL had similar issues, with ABX "telling" DHL how things should run and DHL reminding ABX that they were now in control and wanting things done the DHL way, for better or (often) worse.
03-28-2017 | 02:46 PM
#133
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From: Always Fly With Favorite Captain
Airborne Express, actually ABF senior management, the Bobs (Cline and Brazier) realized that Airborne was number three and had no delusions of grandeur to try and compete head on with FedEx and UPS. They had a nice little niche of mostly B2B customers and were in their safe space at number three. They realized that FedEx and/or UPS could squash them like a bug if they got out of their lane.
Anyone interested in gleaning some things about early ABX culture should avail themselves of the April 1987 back issue.
03-28-2017 | 02:52 PM
#134
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From: Enjoying the show
That is true. Airborne Express was a well run, lean operation.... Until DHL forked everything up.
Amazon, however, seems to be distancing themselves from ABX So, I'm not sure how much weight you can put on having previous experience running an express operation. Amazon wants to run things their way, not the way Airborne Express used to run things.
IIRC, ABX and DHL had similar issues, with ABX "telling" DHL how things should run and DHL reminding ABX that they were now in control and wanting things done the DHL way, for better or (often) worse.
Amazon, however, seems to be distancing themselves from ABX So, I'm not sure how much weight you can put on having previous experience running an express operation. Amazon wants to run things their way, not the way Airborne Express used to run things.
IIRC, ABX and DHL had similar issues, with ABX "telling" DHL how things should run and DHL reminding ABX that they were now in control and wanting things done the DHL way, for better or (often) worse.
That is the doing of ATSG mgt. ABX did give them the fuel to do that but I personally believe it is a negotiating tactic. Time will tell on that one.
03-28-2017 | 06:56 PM
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Yeah, probably had nothing to do with 1224 going on strike against Amazon right before Black Friday..... I'm sure Amazon didn't even notice.
03-28-2017 | 07:01 PM
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03-28-2017 | 07:46 PM
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