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Total loss of shipment is a valid concern in the supply chain and transport industries... Remember also that the total loss of the plane impacts more that this

Total loss of shipment is a valid concern in the supply chain and transport industries... Remember also that the total loss of the plane impacts more that this single flight. Like airlines, I am sure it had an utilisation schedule, and now it's gone so they'll have to account for that. That's why they do have contingency plans... And that's why they develop them with a cool head. Because when disaster strikes people tend to get emotional. Edit: Wikipedia says that Amazon Air operates 39 planes. Sudden loss of one has to have an impact that has to be planned.

ikeboy 8y ago
Sudden loss of one is unlikely enough that they probably don't have a specific plan ahead of time.
- entity345 8y ago
  You're saying that airlines/delivery services like UPS don't plan and prepare for air disasters... That's laughable frankly. Anyone who operates a whole fleet of 767 has a plan in case of a crash. That's the most elementary professionalism.
  - ikeboy 8y ago
    This isn't an airline. Airlines operate many more flights with lots of people on them.
    - ceejayoz 8y ago
      Atlas is an airline, with 112 aircraft. Airlines aren't limited to passenger transport - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_airline. That's certainly smaller than Delta's ~800 planes, but they're certainly not tiny.
- Slartie 8y ago
  Sudden loss due to crash = unlikely (fortunately) Grounded for unknown timespan due to some kind of severe damage = does happen from time to time (good thing, because otherwise, crashes would become more likely...) Since the effect on the logistics chain is identical (at least apart from that single shipment in question), you just use the contingency plan for the latter when the former happens. And for the latter, you MUST have a plan.
  - ikeboy 8y ago
    The plan there involves sending the same cargo through another plane or similar.
- sokoloff 8y ago
  They likely don’t need a specific plan. Airplanes go offline for heavy maintenance checks periodically and the carrier needs capacity to cover for that (or other AOG [broken airplane-“airplane on ground”] scenarios).

ikeboy 8y ago

Sudden loss of one is unlikely enough that they probably don't have a specific plan ahead of time.

entity345 8y ago
You're saying that airlines/delivery services like UPS don't plan and prepare for air disasters... That's laughable frankly. Anyone who operates a whole fleet of 767 has a plan in case of a crash. That's the most elementary professionalism.
- ikeboy 8y ago
  This isn't an airline. Airlines operate many more flights with lots of people on them.
  - ceejayoz 8y ago
    Atlas is an airline, with 112 aircraft. Airlines aren't limited to passenger transport - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_airline https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_airline. That's certainly smaller than Delta's ~800 planes, but they're certainly not tiny.
Slartie 8y ago
Sudden loss due to crash = unlikely (fortunately) Grounded for unknown timespan due to some kind of severe damage = does happen from time to time (good thing, because otherwise, crashes would become more likely...) Since the effect on the logistics chain is identical (at least apart from that single shipment in question), you just use the contingency plan for the latter when the former happens. And for the latter, you MUST have a plan.
- ikeboy 8y ago
  The plan there involves sending the same cargo through another plane or similar.
sokoloff 8y ago
They likely don’t need a specific plan. Airplanes go offline for heavy maintenance checks periodically and the carrier needs capacity to cover for that (or other AOG [broken airplane-“airplane on ground”] scenarios).