David Carbon
ON THE RECORD · 5 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“At the time, we were detecting these cranes above the industry standard,”
David Carbon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Carbon addressed an October incident in which two Amazon drones collided with a crane in Tolleson, Arizona, during the March all-hands meeting.
“Bottom line is we have yet to reach diminishing returns when it comes to how fast we deliver to our customers.”
David Carbon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Carbon told staffers in March that delivery speed had not yet reached diminishing returns.
“highest demand drone delivery service in the industry.”
David Carbon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Carbon told staffers in an internal all-hands meeting that Prime Air would make 1 million deliveries this year.
“We trained our algorithms, we felt pretty good, but we found in the real world the performance just wasn't good enough and let me tell you, that was a humbling experience.”
David Carbon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Carbon described the crane-detection failure that led to the October drone collision incident as a humbling experience.
“Customers continue to demand faster delivery times,”
David Carbon · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-19
Carbon made this remark to staffers in March about customer demand for faster delivery.