, the company has threatened to take its business elsewhere if a new agreement between the pilots' cannot be reached.
, could occur due to short staffing and inexperienced pilots, an Amazon spokesperson said it may rethink its future investments and carriers. That sentence is key in Amazon's statement. In its agreement with Atlas, Amazon has the options to"at its discretion" place up to 15 more 737-800 freighter aircraft into service by 2021, according to regulatory filings. It's not clear exactly what changes might result from the company's allocation changes, but it could have a significant impact on Atlas' revenue and operations.
"What Amazon is going to say is 'that's our contractor and we don't have anything to do with their operation,'" he said."That's not true. They have a complete shadow flight operations system set up in the headquarters. They're exercising control and making an operational decision throughout the Atlas network.