FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation

Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by joering2 on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:21PM (#11899115)

> this person is selling it for $40 at Amazon so that is an interesting business.

Shipping usually heavy liquids across US with special hazardous markings and proper handle requires extra payments. If that's interesting business to you then okay...

> It could easily cause serious problems.

It couldn't because FAA strictly forbids mixing of cargo with the one attached to a flying PAX.

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Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by noobermin on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:41PM (#11899184)

I thought the entire issue here is that this cargo was shipped without those precise markings so the nine injured didn't know it required special handling, so that $30 difference did not go to such preparations.

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Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by cwyers on Monday June 13, 2016 @09:39PM (#11899179)

> Shipping usually heavy liquids across US with special hazardous markings and proper handle requires extra payments.

Isn't the whole point of this that they didn't do that?

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Re:FAA Slaps Amazon with $350k Penalty for Shipping Violation by protomyth on Monday June 13, 2016 @10:28PM (#11899363)

I think joering2 is answering the business question, not the specifics of this case.

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