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Prime Air is not shut down, we're working on it and expanding. Can't post too many details, but we are actively delivering to customers in test markets today.

Prime Air is not shut down, we're working on it and expanding. Can't post too many details, but we are actively delivering to customers in test markets today. A publically released video from a few months ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bDyeUiWL3M&ab_channel=amazon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bDyeUiWL3M&ab_channel=amazo... Source: I'm an SDE at Prime Air.

8note 4y ago
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/amazon-begins-drone-deliveries-in-california-and-texas/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/amazon-begins-drone-... I saw this recently? => I work at Amazon but far away from prime air
carabiner 4y ago
Do you have a feel for if they might start hiring SDE's again before the end of the month? I was looking into them because it's right up my alley: I'm an aerospace engineer (aeronautics, flight test) turned software engineer who's worked a lot in rotorcraft.
- bencpeters 4y ago
  I don't, unfortunately, that's above my paygrade ;-). It's likely going to be a function of the larger hiring situation at Amazon (we're currently in a corporate hiring freeze), rather than something Prime Air specific. Sounds like you've got a perfect background for Prime Air though! Hopefully we'll be hiring again sometime this year - feel free to reach out (email in profile) if you want to chat more about it.
  - carabiner 4y ago
    Thanks man, will reach out. Good luck on the program.
CoastalCoder 4y ago
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- jdminhbg 4y ago
  Yes, I totally agree. The whisper quiet vans driving safely and unhurriedly up and down the street where my kids play are a much better solution. I hope that your plans to legislate the status quo into permanence are successful.
  - CoastalCoder 4y ago
    I may have a stale understanding of the laws regarding drones in the U.S. But my understanding is they can basically hover around / over your property without your consent. That's very different from vans driving on public roads and (when I've ordered something) parking in my driveway.
    - kubectl_h 4y ago
      Working from home since the start of the pandemic I hear delivery trucks honking on reverse and backing into my driveway (granted I'm at the end of a cul-de-sac but I'm in a pretty remote area) 3-4 times a day. I also see trucks backing into empty driveways to stage unloading, as well as trucks convening in the cul-de-sac to do package transfers. I don't mind these things, but they do utilize my property and impact my little neighborhood. I'm not convinced some buzzing above is worse. How much do we own the air above us? Is that somehow not public?
    - killingtime74 4y ago
      I mean planes and satellites also flyover your house without your consent. Do you think you own all the airspace from your house to the edge of the atmosphere? I don’t work at Amazon, just curious about your reasoning.
      - capableweb 4y ago
        Somehow, I'm guessing the altitude makes a bit of a difference. A drone over your house might be visible and even hearable, while a satellite barely is.
outside1234 4y ago
Can’t wait to shoot them down!
- rightbyte 4y ago
  Please use a net or "counter drone" in that case.

8note 4y ago

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/amazon-begins-drone-deliveries-in-california-and-texas/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/12/amazon-begins-drone-... I saw this recently? => I work at Amazon but far away from prime air

carabiner 4y ago

Do you have a feel for if they might start hiring SDE's again before the end of the month? I was looking into them because it's right up my alley: I'm an aerospace engineer (aeronautics, flight test) turned software engineer who's worked a lot in rotorcraft.

bencpeters 4y ago
I don't, unfortunately, that's above my paygrade ;-). It's likely going to be a function of the larger hiring situation at Amazon (we're currently in a corporate hiring freeze), rather than something Prime Air specific. Sounds like you've got a perfect background for Prime Air though! Hopefully we'll be hiring again sometime this year - feel free to reach out (email in profile) if you want to chat more about it.
- carabiner 4y ago
  Thanks man, will reach out. Good luck on the program.

CoastalCoder 4y ago

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jdminhbg 4y ago
Yes, I totally agree. The whisper quiet vans driving safely and unhurriedly up and down the street where my kids play are a much better solution. I hope that your plans to legislate the status quo into permanence are successful.
- CoastalCoder 4y ago
  I may have a stale understanding of the laws regarding drones in the U.S. But my understanding is they can basically hover around / over your property without your consent. That's very different from vans driving on public roads and (when I've ordered something) parking in my driveway.
  - kubectl_h 4y ago
    Working from home since the start of the pandemic I hear delivery trucks honking on reverse and backing into my driveway (granted I'm at the end of a cul-de-sac but I'm in a pretty remote area) 3-4 times a day. I also see trucks backing into empty driveways to stage unloading, as well as trucks convening in the cul-de-sac to do package transfers. I don't mind these things, but they do utilize my property and impact my little neighborhood. I'm not convinced some buzzing above is worse. How much do we own the air above us? Is that somehow not public?
  - killingtime74 4y ago
    I mean planes and satellites also flyover your house without your consent. Do you think you own all the airspace from your house to the edge of the atmosphere? I don’t work at Amazon, just curious about your reasoning.
    - capableweb 4y ago
      Somehow, I'm guessing the altitude makes a bit of a difference. A drone over your house might be visible and even hearable, while a satellite barely is.

outside1234 4y ago

Can’t wait to shoot them down!

rightbyte 4y ago
Please use a net or "counter drone" in that case.