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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by mschuster91 on Sunday November 29, 2015 @09:20PM (#10647237)
USPS won't care, their (legally protected) business is shipping letters.
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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by foobarian on Sunday November 29, 2015 @11:20PM (#10647680)
I always thought USPS would be a perfect partner for Amazon since their post offices would be ideal takeoff points for the drones. They are everywhere and they already deal with receiving packages.
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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by thinkling on Sunday November 29, 2015 @11:27PM (#10647705)
USPS was worried enough to agree to start delivering packages for Amazon on Sundays, which must've required some interesting negotiations with their unions.
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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by toomuchtodo on Monday November 30, 2015 @09:04PM (#10653247)
Sunday delivery workers are paid just above minimum wage and are non-union.
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Re:Amazon Shows Off New Prime Air Drone with Hybrid Design by giaour on Monday November 30, 2015 @02:55AM (#10648316)
Delivering letters costs the USPS more than they charge customers; they make money on package postage and use that to offset the losses they incur delivering mail.
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