Kalitta in Khabarovsk

[texarkana]

Heard you guys go out there every so often, what in earth do you take in/out of there?!?!

Kalitta 74 @ UHHH

 

[airgator]

We go there every day. It's a fuel stop halfway between Hong kong and Anchorage.

 

[mynameisjim]

Captain: Where are we going again?

SO: UHHH...

Captain: You don't know either? Damn.

 

[ILStoMinimums]

Sounds like a lot of real cool places for the Kalitta guys! Any other point in Russia you visit? Do you do a crew swap in Khabarovsk?

 

[mushroom]

That is the cleanest Connie airplane I have ever seen.

 

[727gm]

Starting as a JAL aircraft, it may take another year of hard use to bring it down to Kalitta standards!

 

[OrionFE]

Heard you guys go out there every so often, what in earth do you take in/out of there?!?!

Kalitta 74 @ UHHH

That is one of our newest airplanes this year. It was definately cool to fly that one around and show it off. For the most part, our "Ride-on" mechanics do a very good job of keeping the airplanes flying. They normally do not sit for very long, so these guys bust their a&% turning them around in a two hour tech stop.

UHHH is just a fuel stop.....no scheduled layover. We have had crews breakdown there and they said it was a fun stay!

 

[OrionFE]

Our other newest airplane.

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=6053022&nseq=7

 

[Birddog]

Actually, there is this great bar there, where crews drink for free.

 

[embpic1]

I was in UHHH about 10 hours ago. Man what a beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was somewhat warm! It would have been a great day to 'break' in UHHH.

 

[spitfire1500]

I was in UHHH about 10 hours ago. Man what a beautiful day. There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was somewhat warm! It would have been a great day to 'break' in UHHH.

NOthing but trouble in KHV.....my wife was born there !! If it's still there the B52 club is a good time....it's right in the main square downtown.

 

[TX_DFW]

I had no Idea you would have to make a TECH stop on that leg.

 

[propsarebest]

vhhh-panc is too long for a -200 747, unless you have ~100K of freight onboard. If you only have 100K of crap leaving Hong Kong, someone made an oops.


We use rjgg or rjcc as stops.

 

[ILStoMinimums]

Seems like UPS didn't make stop in their -200's? Or did they?

 

[LR25]

Clear for takeoff Conya.....good luck.

 

[propsarebest]

Seems like UPS didn't make stop in their -200's? Or did they?

On average, UPS freight will bulk out the plane before it is at max ZFW.

We can get ~230K on a HKG-NGO-ANC flight. When we fly for UPS, the airplane is full at ~69-70K.

 

[ILStoMinimums]

Wow, big difference. What type of background to Kalitta pilots have? Hours, etc?

 

[Captain Oveur]

Cool....sounds more interesting anyway than
stopping for fuel in Oklahoma City on the way
from El Paso to Detroit. I'm jealous, Kalitta guys

 

[AC560]

We can get ~230K on a HKG-NGO-ANC flight.

230,000kgs on a 747??

 

[spitfire1500]

230,000kgs on a 747??

230,000 lbs he used the k to stand for thousand.

 

[SinglePliot135]

Side note on Kalitta, airlinepilotcentral says they are looking for 4000TT, is this accurate? I couldn't find anything on their website about pilot employment.

 

[OrionFE]

Side note on Kalitta, airlinepilotcentral says they are looking for 4000TT, is this accurate? I couldn't find anything on their website about pilot employment.

That is acurate!

 

[airgator]

1500TT is the mins per the contract, not 4000. There are several people who have been hired with less, myself included.

 

[OrionFE]

1500TT is the mins per the contract, not 4000. There are several people who have been hired with less, myself included.

They haven't done that in a while. It is pretty much 4000 to go right into the right seat. But, it doesn't hurt to apply. Every now and then there is a "sh$# hot" 1500 hour Chuck Yeager future 747 pilot that walks through the door!

 

[Birddog]

I have beent told that since the new pay rates came out, they have been seeing resumes with higher time and more experience.

 

[propilot]

Training pay/length

I read that pay during training is $600/week. So, typically how long from start date to IOE completion? Has Kalitta started paying for hotels during training?

 

[OrionFE]

I read that pay during training is $600/week. So, typically how long from start date to IOE completion? Has Kalitta started paying for hotels during training?

Ground school 5 weeks, SIM's 3 weeks. They usually split the class up, half go right to SIM's after GS, the other half wait 3 weeks. IOE depends on the student, some get it done in about 40 hours or so, some a bit longer. Contract says you pay for hotel while in training. At one time they were picking up the hotel during SIM's, not sure about now.

 

[propilot]

Thanks.

When and where were you a P3 Engineer? I was in VP22,VP4, and VP65.

 

[OrionFE]

Thanks.

When and where were you a P3 Engineer? I was in VP22,VP4, and VP65.

1984-2005 VP-66/69/NAS Glenview/64/66/RATCEN

 

[Guam360]

Yes, hotel paid for during sim!
about 4 of us finished our IOE this month on the same day, that was about 3.5 months start to finish of IOE.

good luck!