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5-2.5 Recording Dispatches

Under normal dispatch operations, Postal Service personnel complete each section of PS Form 2729-A (see 5-2.2) and distribute the form. In the case of a cancellation or overfly, the following procedures apply:

  1. When a flight is canceled after an air carrier takes possession of the mail, the air carrier must notify Postal Service personnel within 30 minutes after cancellation.
  2. Within 30 minutes after notifying Postal Service personnel of the cancellation, the air carrier must (unless otherwise directed) return the mail dispatched to that flight intact to the Postal Service unit, along with any affected interlined mail the air carrier may have and also the related copy of PS Form 2729-A.
  3. The Postal Service personnel draws a line through the appropriate day’s entry on the remaining parts of PS Form 2729-A for the mail dispatched to that flight and indicates the reason for cancellation or overfly.
  4. The postmaster/supervisor of the air stop voids the air carrier’s copy and returns it to the air carrier, or the air carrier must prepare PS Form 2734, Mail Exception Report, and submit it with the transfer mail (see 5-3).



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