Amazon’s Holiday Deliveries Face Turbulence

[ELSknutson]

Amazon.com Inc.’s newly established in-house transportation network is facing a rocky start to its all-important holiday season.

Pilots contracted to deliver Amazon packages began picketing Tuesday because of a longstanding labor dispute, a sign of further potential disruptions through the end of the year at one of Amazon’s two airline partners.

The pilots are employed by Air Transport Services Group Inc., which alongside Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., was hired by Amazon to fly its packages in 40 dedicated jets by the end of 2018. About 16 will be in operation by the end of the year, according to the companies.

But the contracts with Amazon, which is beginning to build its own transportation network through these kinds of partnerships, have added more flights and staffing needs at ATSG and Atlas. The increased demand is upsetting pilots as they try to agree on new labor contracts with management.

In a complaint filed in federal court Tuesday, ABX Air Inc., a subsidiary of ATSG, said Christmas shopping and deliveries have already been disrupted and could worsen if the industrial action continues.It also filed a request for a temporary restraining order. Atlas declined to comment on whether it was affected by the ATSG industrial action on Tuesday.

Amazon said it works with a variety of carriers and is “confident in our ability to serve customers.”

Reference http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-holiday-deliveries-face-turbulence-from-pilot-strike-1479865150

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[haloharry97]

Amazon.com Inc.’s newly established in-house transportation network is facing a rocky start to its all-important holiday season.

Pilots contracted to deliver Amazon packages began picketing Tuesday because of a longstanding labor dispute, a sign of further potential disruptions through the end of the year at one of Amazon’s two airline partners.

The pilots are employed by Air Transport Services Group Inc., which alongside Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., was hired by Amazon to fly its packages in 40 dedicated jets by the end of 2018. About 16 will be in operation by the end of the year, according to the companies.

But the contracts with Amazon, which is beginning to build its own transportation network through these kinds of partnerships, have added more flights and staffing needs at ATSG and Atlas. The increased demand is upsetting pilots as they try to agree on new labor contracts with management.

In a complaint filed in federal court Tuesday, ABX Air Inc., a subsidiary of ATSG, said Christmas shopping and deliveries have already been disrupted and could worsen if the industrial action continues.It also filed a request for a temporary restraining order. Atlas declined to comment on whether it was affected by the ATSG industrial action on Tuesday.

Amazon said it works with a variety of carriers and is “confident in our ability to serve customers.”

Reference http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-holiday-deliveries-face-turbulence-from-pilot-strike-1479865150

 

[Castdeath97]

What's up with the font??!!! 

 

Please fix that!

[dalekphalm]

4 hours ago, ELSknutson said:

Amazon.com Inc.’s newly established in-house transportation network is facing a rocky start to its all-important holiday season.

Pilots contracted to deliver Amazon packages began picketing Tuesday because of a longstanding labor dispute, a sign of further potential disruptions through the end of the year at one of Amazon’s two airline partners.

The pilots are employed by Air Transport Services Group Inc., which alongside Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc., was hired by Amazon to fly its packages in 40 dedicated jets by the end of 2018. About 16 will be in operation by the end of the year, according to the companies.

But the contracts with Amazon, which is beginning to build its own transportation network through these kinds of partnerships, have added more flights and staffing needs at ATSG and Atlas. The increased demand is upsetting pilots as they try to agree on new labor contracts with management.

In a complaint filed in federal court Tuesday, ABX Air Inc., a subsidiary of ATSG, said Christmas shopping and deliveries have already been disrupted and could worsen if the industrial action continues.It also filed a request for a temporary restraining order. Atlas declined to comment on whether it was affected by the ATSG industrial action on Tuesday.

Amazon said it works with a variety of carriers and is “confident in our ability to serve customers.”

Reference http://www.wsj.com/articles/amazons-holiday-deliveries-face-turbulence-from-pilot-strike-1479865150

Interesting news. Hope Amazon and the workers sort this out.

 

BTW @ELSknutson, would you please change the font to something more neutral? Comic Sans, frankly, looks like shit and doesn't flow as well as something like Arial, etc.

 

Comic Sans is not a good font for News Posts.

[rhyseyness]

15 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Comic Sans is not a good font for News Posts.

Fixed

[dalekphalm]

10 hours ago, rhyseyness said:

Fixed

lmao won't argue with you there.