> What many may not realize is that there's a thriving industry in sending passengers on planes for the sole purpose of them taking things from A to B.
So someone out there must have made a courier-as-a-service website for this?
Sign up some people to be on standby, with a passport and a list of countries they have visa for, list them with their current location.
Person signs up to potentially make a few grand if they get the call.
Firms who are in need of a person throw in the money and the tickets.
Does that work? If I need something carried by a person from London to NYC today, what do I do?
Delta Airlines has their DASH service. Under 16 ounces, anyone can ship with them. Under 100 pounds, you will need to be a known shipper with the TSA. It's available on basically any regularly scheduled flight of theirs.
We used it on a contract job in Tennessee once, to get a replacement UPS sent. Expensive, but worth it.
all airlines have something like this. it used to be called "counter to counter"; drop off and pick it up at the airport.
my story, about 1988. we had a system in Omaha with a broken power supply (it was big, say 6U, custom voltages). there was a spare in Rapid City, and downtime was charged by the hour.
no problem, took the spare in a box to the airport. they told us it was too big for counter to counter; but a ticket could be purchased and it would be put on the plane. No, problem.
"Give me a coach ticket to Omaha."
"Sorry sir, those are all sold. We do have a first class ticket available."
"In that case, OK"
So someone out there must have made a courier-as-a-service website for this?
Sign up some people to be on standby, with a passport and a list of countries they have visa for, list them with their current location.
Person signs up to potentially make a few grand if they get the call.
Firms who are in need of a person throw in the money and the tickets.
Does that work? If I need something carried by a person from London to NYC today, what do I do?