I have finally been invited for an iterview next month at Kalitta. Would any one be kind enough to share their recent interview experience and some current gouge please?
Also, I have read every single thread on this forum and APC about Kalitta, but I still had a few questions if some of you current Kalitta guys wouldn't mind answering.
1) My only goal is to travel and see the world. I realize you guys can fly all over the planet, but are your layover cities pretty varied? In other words, do you guys normally have overnights other than Liege, Bahrain, HKG, and ANC? Will I ever have the opportunity to layover in Japan, Australia, India, Dubai, or ICN for example? Are the hotels relatively decent in most places? How long is a typical layover?
The 400 is pretty consistent. We hit CVG, JFK, LEJ, BAH, HKG, DEL, ANC. Occasionally you will get something else...every once in awhile you will see a DXB or ICN layover. The classic is much more varied...going to South America more often, Africa, a little more flying in China as well it seems. Hotels are pretty nice for the most part....nicer when overseas. Some of our domestic hotels are just acceptable. Typical layover is anywhere from 12 hours to 4 days...IE, no such thing as typical!
2) I understand that by being home based one's duty day starts at 0001Z on day 1 and has to report by 0500Z and done on day 17 by 1900Z. So let's say I live in ORD. Does that mean the earliest I can be made to DH out of ORD on day one is 1801? And I have to be back in ORD by 1759 on day 17? So essentially day 1 and 17 are travel days?
Not sure where you get 1801 and 1759, but you have to be where they need you (CONUS) by 05z on your first day. If that means leaving before 00z then that is how it is. Living in ORD, you should not have too much trouble...go take a look at flights to JFK, EWR and CVG and you will get a sense of when you will need to leave. On the way home, you have to be CONUS by 19z OR home by 2359z. If either of these conditions are met they have complied with the contract and wont pay you for a day off. Example, (say you live on the west coast) get into JFK at 18z and the next flight available gets you home at 01z. You have met one of those conditions and the time it takes you to get home is considered a "commute".
3) What are typical duty days like? I see in the contract, depending on the type of crew and domestic or intl, that one can be on duty at Kalitta for up to 26-30 hours
. How often does that happen? Are duty days like that normal?
I think for a 3 man crew on the 400 we are limited to 18 hours. Not sure what a 4 man crew is and not sure about the classic. I have not seen that long a day, but I know it happens. Had buddy on the classic do somewhere around 26 hours with a double crew I think.
4) How does vacation bidding work? I know that years 1-4 you get 14 days. Is it possible that your vacation days can fall on scheduled days off and you only get the vacation pay and no additional time off? Am I correct to assume that you should bid a line that has flying over your vacation days, which means that you would then work 10 days and have the rest of the month off?
Have not bid for vacation so not really sure, but I think you want to bid your monthly skd to overlap your vacation bid so you would get the whole month off. If you are not able to do that, I think you can cancel your vacation...but not positive about that.
5) I know you guys are in contract negotiations. How are those going? What sort of changes are you guys looking for? Anything specific that you guys are really trying to change? I can only assume things will continue to improve.
I will let the union guys discuss that...
I would greatly appreciate any addition info and insight. Thanks for the help.:beer:
