Abx- Is It A Career Airline?

[Medeco]

so how are they both tied to DHL?

Really, Im trying to figure this out.

Is ASTAR just a contractor for DHL?

Medeco

 

[abxaviator]

ABX and ASTAR are but two of the many separate companies providing lift to DHL. Technically there is no tie to DHL by either company, other than DHL being the primary customer of each.

 

[HeavyjetDC8]

To put it another way. DHL own the sort center, the equipment and the means of ground freight distribution (the old Airborne Express plus old DHL network) throughout the US. They don't however own so much as one single solitary aircraft, but contract out to ABX, Astar and several others for their lift requirements.

Clear? If not, I understand why. Sometimes I wonder where the pay check comes from, and more to the point for how much longer it'll be there.

 

[Dpilot]

In regards to "If you are lucky enough to live at a outstation that you can hold a line flying into it is the best job in the world hands down." from Box-Hauler... how long would it take to hold a line into the San Francisco Bay Area? I see a 767 at San Jose all the time. Glad to see they are hiring again.

 

[abxaviator]

10 years and I could not hold that, if I were to bid it; that's why I live in Ohio.

 

[erichartmann]

In regards to "If you are lucky enough to live at a outstation that you can hold a line flying into it is the best job in the world hands down." from Box-Hauler... how long would it take to hold a line into the San Francisco Bay Area? I see a 767 at San Jose all the time. Glad to see they are hiring again.

It's always been a bit of a crap shoot. You pick the seat you can hold for the city you think you can hold a bid for in a particular aircraft, and they pull the aircraft and put in something different. You lose. That was then. Now you might find yourself scrambling for a jump seat on Astar as DHL moves ABX out of the city and puts Astar in. Rumors abound regarding SJC. I've been told that after the 1st of the year it will no longer be an ABX station. Some seem to think a 72 will be used. Others think the freight will be trucked to OAK.

It's a nice gig if you can get it, but I wouldn't count on it. Things are not stable, and if the airline stagnates again you will be many years reaching your goal, if ever.

 

[Bitter]

Things are not stable, and if the airline stagnates again you will be many years reaching your goal, if ever.

You make it sound like the airline is not stagnent now! i agree, that there is some movement, but that is retirement based. We have lost as many airplanes as we have gained, and as an employee group we get smaller everyday.

A big roger on the not stable part.......How long before we start hacking up more DC9's?