Amazon's drone delivery service 'Amazon Prime Air' dark clouds, more than 100 employees retired and the project is on the verge of collapse

Amazon Prime Air is a groundbreaking service that Amazon plans to offer, 'delivering goods within 30 minutes of ordering with a drone.' Of the Amazon Prime Air being tested in the United States and the United Kingdom at the time of writing, it is reported that more than 100 employees have already retired in the United Kingdom and the project is collapsing.

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Amazon Prime Air was announced in 2013 as 'a delivery service that aims to deliver within 30 minutes of ordering using a drone.'

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In 2014, it was reported that recruitment for the Amazon Prime Air division had already begun and flight testing had begun.

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And it was reported that the drone used for Amazon Prime Air was finally approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on August 31, 2020 in the United States.

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Amazon Prime Air's drone delivery system was being tested in the United Kingdom as well as in the United States. In November 2015, a movie introducing Amazon Prime Air by Jeremy Clarkson , who was the former moderator of the popular program 'Top Gear ', was released, and drone delivery tests have started in the UK from 2016. ..

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However, according to WIRED , more than 100 Amazon Prime Air employees have retired, many of the remaining employees have moved to other projects, and some of their operations in the UK have been closed.

According to Amazon insiders, the Amazon Prime Air project in the UK began to collapse in late 2019. Initially, the drone team was divided into three teams, but it seems that personnel affairs were confused as the managers of each team retired within a year.

As a result, a person who knew nothing about Amazon Prime Air was appointed as a project manager, he could not answer the basics of the work content, employees drank beer at the desk from the morning, and newcomers came. It was said that there were many problems within the project, such as the need to train the staff of temporary staff about drones from scratch.

'The more experienced workers have left the project like a rat fleeing a sunken ship,' said an insider. 'By the time I was working, the Amazon Prime Air project had already started. It's been years, and Amazon Prime Air hasn't gotten off to a good start. '