Amazon Buys 767-300's. Who will fly them?

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01-10-2021, 05:04 PM

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pangolin

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Interesting article, but it fails to account for the role that will be played by UPS’ ultimate arch-nemesis, the USPS. The USPS may be twice as old as UPS and date to our country’s founding, but it plays an outsize role in how UPS, FEDEX, and Amazon operate. It isn’t going away and has far stronger support in Congress than any of its private competitors.

And the USPS owns how many airplanes?

01-11-2021, 05:20 AM

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And the USPS owns how many airplanes?

Exactly. Even when there were postal 727’s running around, the USPS didn’t own them. Just like the passenger airlines that own regional jets and shift them around to the lowest bidder, Bezos will do the same thing with larger aircraft.

01-12-2021, 08:28 PM

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55615214

So Amazon apparently doesn't care for conservatives. I wonder what they'll do if they ever meet the guys/gals flying their aircraft.

01-12-2021, 08:59 PM

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Uhm, fire them? Replace them with algorithms? Is this a trick question?

01-13-2021, 03:46 AM

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https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55615214

So Amazon apparently doesn't care for conservatives. I wonder what they'll do if they ever meet the guys/gals flying their aircraft.

Not really alot of options....argue with them? **** themselves?

01-20-2021, 01:41 AM

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763 are pretty old and only getting older. You think that Amazon will start flying 772's in the next decade?

01-20-2021, 01:49 AM

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763 are pretty old and only getting older. You think that Amazon will start flying 772's in the next decade?

Yes the current plan is to upgauge their entire network by 50%+ because you don't like the cupholders and want more screens.

01-20-2021, 08:03 AM

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Yes the current plan is to upgauge their entire network by 50%+ because you don't like the cupholders and want more screens.

lol

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01-20-2021, 01:32 PM

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Yes the current plan is to upgauge their entire network by 50%+ because you don't like the cupholders and want more screens.

WiFi would be nice but that’s a PAX game. Can I have the ashtrays in some of these older 74s, I’d like to install them in my lounge chairs for posterity. Hate to rip the plastic off my sofa. I have a rotary phone with the Radio Shack 30ft cord which will go nicely together. Thank God for the Clapper, Alexa can collect data elsewhere. I was sufficiently prepared for 2020 with my rolling 02 bottle and stack of phone books, who needs elitist TP. I will say having garbage bags is a nice touch though. Ahhh, Good Times.

Any ashtrays in the Tuna Cans?

01-21-2021, 10:01 AM

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763 are pretty old and only getting older. You think that Amazon will start flying 772's in the next decade?

The 777f has the same wing as the 777-300er. I think it’s going to be awhile for them to start converting 772s especially since we are still over a year out from the first 300er conversion.