Pausing flights with 21 Air is exactly the right call while investigators piece together what went wrong in Miami. Grounding a contractor's operation until the facts come in shows safety outranks package volume, and no retailer should keep flying a carrier tied to an unexplained fatal overrun. Rigorous oversight of third-party cargo carriers is the whole point.
A temporary pause is a public relations move, not accountability for five dead airport workers and families left shattered. Building a delivery empire on outsourced lift, aging freighters and contract ground crews spreads the risk while keeping the blame at arm's length. Real safety means audit rights, enforced standards and protected workers before the next crash, not after.
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