Delivery chaos for Amazon customers begins today
PILOTS who fly for Amazon Air are protesting against poor working conditions and pay today sparking possible delivery chaos.
Atlas Air and Southern Air are owned by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, while ABX Air is a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group .Amazon Air pilots have been in contract disputes with their employers over working conditions for nearly five years. They say that strained working conditions have fuelled low morale and high turnover amid a mounting pilot shortage in the US and worldwide.A spokesman for Atlas Air said: “Atlas values our pilots and is eager to increase their pay.
“We remain committed to working collaboratively with union leadership to complete an agreement for our pilots.“Our customers play no role in labour negotiations, including pilot pay and work rules, contrary to what the Union continues to suggest. The shopping behemoth now has its own in-house delivery network that includes trucks, trains, container ships and planes.It currently has 760 cargo flights per week, according to Marc Wulfraat, president and founder of the supply-chain consultancy MWPVL International Inc.The pilot protest comes more than a year after a Mirror investigation claimed Amazon employees are exposed to such gruelling working conditions that they fall asleep on their feet.
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