Are Amazon Updating Shipping Estimates based on Royal Mail Strikes?

I received this e-mail this morning -

Dear Selling Partner,

Due to expected Royal Mail strike action and related disruption to delivery services across the UK, we will be extending customer facing promises for all seller-fulfilled and seller-fulfilled prime offers during the impacted period. We will also protect Selling Partners from late shipment defects during this time. The strikes are planned for the following dates:

Thursday 24th November  

Friday 25th November  

Wednesday 30th November  

Thursday 1st December  

What you need to know ?

Given the delivery of shipments might take longer and exceed the delivery date we promise to customer, to maintain reliable delivery promises, we may therefore temporarily increase the standard transit time for shipments. These adjustments will lead to an extension of delivery promises that customers see on the Amazon website. It will not change the handling and transit time settings in your Seller Central account that we request our sellers to set as reliably as possible to reflect the expected time. Please bear in mind the following best practices when managing your operations:

Inform your carrier(s) of volume forecasts and demand changes in advance. If possible, you could consider using multiple carriers to ensure you can ship products out on time.

Provide Valid Tracking: Knowing the status of a shipment is key for customers. Ensure you provide correct tracking information and provide regular updates if an order is delayed beyond the expected delivery date.

If you are not able to process customer orders at all, please activate the “on holiday” feature in your Seller Central account in ‘Settings’ under ‘Listing Status’. This will de-activate all your seller-fulfilled offers. Note that you must still process and ship all orders you have received up until you activate the “on holiday” feature.