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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5528081" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Isn't Express now nothing more than a freight broker? Calling around trying to find a cargo line that can pickup and fly his junk? </p><p>Read the other day that Bexos holds albeit minority interests but still significant shares in several free lance air cargo carriers. Be that as it may I wonder if he'll go along with hauling for Fat Freddy? </p><p></p><p>If this works the savings could be substantial. The layoffs and downsizing could be on a scale we haven't seen in the space for a very long time if ever. Pilots would likely have no trouble getting picked up by some other air carrier but they would likely start at the bottom of the seniority list for entry level pay. One can only imagine what they're feeling right now but nobody's going to feel bad for them because they've had it pretty good for quite awhile now,</p><p></p><p>Pressure will really be on Ground contractors to find people who aren't there to begin with or willing to work for convenience store wages much less do it with a sense of dedication and responsibility.</p><p>This seems like a spur of the moment "Hail Mary" move done so with nothing but the sheer hope that it will turn out to be the 'Immaculate Reception".</p><p></p><p>Imagine what it will be like to go from owning one of if not the largest air freighter fleets in the world to one that is totally beholding to whoever you can get to haul for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5528081, member: 58386"] Isn't Express now nothing more than a freight broker? Calling around trying to find a cargo line that can pickup and fly his junk? Read the other day that Bexos holds albeit minority interests but still significant shares in several free lance air cargo carriers. Be that as it may I wonder if he'll go along with hauling for Fat Freddy? If this works the savings could be substantial. The layoffs and downsizing could be on a scale we haven't seen in the space for a very long time if ever. Pilots would likely have no trouble getting picked up by some other air carrier but they would likely start at the bottom of the seniority list for entry level pay. One can only imagine what they're feeling right now but nobody's going to feel bad for them because they've had it pretty good for quite awhile now, Pressure will really be on Ground contractors to find people who aren't there to begin with or willing to work for convenience store wages much less do it with a sense of dedication and responsibility. This seems like a spur of the moment "Hail Mary" move done so with nothing but the sheer hope that it will turn out to be the 'Immaculate Reception". Imagine what it will be like to go from owning one of if not the largest air freighter fleets in the world to one that is totally beholding to whoever you can get to haul for you. [/QUOTE]
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