Any ifo on Kalitta Air

[Junkflyer]

All the lines are 17 days most in one block or split in two. Some are the first 15 and last two which may be used for positioning for next month if you bid first half. You can commute to be in base by 0001z of the first day, or they may buy you a ticket to the first departure point. If they buy a ticket travel is usually on your day off. You can live anywhere-most are in MI or FL, but it really doesn' matter.

 

[dojetdriver]

All the lines are 17 days most in one block or split in two. Some are the first 15 and last two which may be used for positioning for next month if you bid first half. You can commute to be in base by 0001z of the first day, or they may buy you a ticket to the first departure point. If they buy a ticket travel is usually on your day off. You can live anywhere-most are in MI or FL, but it really doesn' matter.

Sorry, just to clarify. If they buy you a ticket to/from home, it's ends up being 19/11?

 

[OrionFE]

They almost always (95%) get you home on or before your last day. Usually if you are late getting home it is because of aircraft delays/maint. If you live close to a HUB, bonus!

 

[BoeingBaller]

Sounds like a bunch of got you by the ballz B S to me.

 

[iaflyer]

For me, it is 17 days on, 13 off. I live near YIP - I never have to leave before my days of work start (at 00z) and barring unfortunate circumstances (broken airplane, delays etc) I am always home before 00z on my last day. I have been stuck out past 00z twice in 2.5 years.

There is no provision in the contract for the company to force you to work extra days.

People who don't live in YIP (which is our base) often have to come out about 6 hours early if they want a paid ticket to where their first trip starts. If they don't want to come out early, typically they report to YIP and get a ticket from there.

There is a possibility that the company may hire lower time guys into the FE seat as a Second Officer. By lower, I mean 2000 or so. They did that last few times they hired - no idea whether that will continue.

 

[LR25]

Sounds like a bunch of got you by the ballz B S to me.

We all do what we got to do.

I'm usually home the night before my last day.

For anybody thinking of coming here, its a pretty easy job, like the others have said though, the 17 days can be a drag.

Usually fly one leg a day, which is enough after a 7-8 hour leg which is the norm.

The airplanes are well equipped, FMS, EFIS and all the catering you can stand.

I have heard that there will be some hiring after the first of the year along with some upgrades.

 

[xtwapilot]

You guys are painting a bit of a rosey picture aren't you? I was there for almost 2 years, and every bit of it sucked. The pilot group has a good bunch of guys, but the company sux, anyway you slice it. If you live outside of YIP, the company will position you when they can get the cheapest ticket, that is usually alot more than 6 hours before your 0001Z start time. So there are 18 days, not 17, then even though an arbitration was won last year stating that the company must put you on your assigned line, recently they have start to ignore that again, and basically everyone is on reserve. Speaking of reserve, eventhough there isn't enough business to keep you out the entire 17 days, the company will sit you at a hotel on reserve, and at the end of the 18 days, you have 60.7 hrs of total pay to show for it. Yes in Nov and Dec you can make more money, those are the company's busy months, but most months you will only get paid 60.7 hrs. The guys that are making in the 80 hrs range are the handful company wh*res that steal trips from fellow pilots and fly sick airplanes. Another thing if you decide to go to Kalitta, get used to having to fight for what is rightfully yours to begin with. The company has no problem spending money to make their point, i.e. there is no flying, instead of putting you on reserve at home, they will fly you out and sit you at a hotel for 3 or 4 days, all to make a point that they control you and you will do what they want done.
As for the contract, the last proposal by the company was 62.5 hrs pay and everyone on reserve. Great place eh? You do your fellow pilots a diservice when you get on here and are not truthful about Kalitta. I would recommend people stay as far away as they can from CK because the place is a mess.

 

[pilotyip]

or move to YIP where the beer is cheap and the living easy.

 

[spotterpilot]

When I interviewed at Kalitta the first thing I was told was that the schedule is 17 days on and when you are junior there is a chance of being gone 34 days (which never happened luckily). Ya, I thought it sucked to be in the 5-towns for 7 days with no chance of flying but I knew that when I took the job.

 

[OrionFE]

It's 121 Supplemental! If you are a "Hub-n-spoke" kind of guy, don't look here or at any of the others. Look at all the cargo 74 operators, most are 19/20 days a month, some find your own way to work, pay your own lodging on reserve, etc....This kind of flying is not for everyone. Guys that complain the most, are ones that are furloughed and can't get on with FedEx or UPS. These are small operations. If you have a good union, then you might fight and get a decent contract. Please someone show me one! If you want to fly heavies and get into the left seat in a short amount of time and use this as stepping stone and can keep your expectations in reality, then you will do alright. If not, keep on moving!