Kalitta Future

[fr8hawler]

guys don't get defensive, the bottom line will always speak the truth,and God's grace it is very black. actually we are not scrambling to unload anything,the Classic still has its mission.

Agree!

 

[OrionFE]

Kalitta, along with all her sister ADHOC's, is scrambling to shed the Classic's, and purchase -400's as soon as possible. No matter the engine, all Classic's are tired and old. The military knows this, and giving preference to the -400 for all future lift. Darling or not, you won't get the military contract much longer, flying the old pull start. Connie knows this, and is scrambling right now to unload his Classic-heavy fleet. Of all the ADHOC's, Kallita is the most over-positioned in Classic's. And it remains to be seen, if Connie can produce enough revenue on them to overcome their ever-increasing costs, and narrowing customer base. In any case, sugar daddy DOD is moving on to the 21 century.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about!

 

[727C47]

Hey it's the net everybody voices their opinion , but it's good for the guys/gals with skin in the game to put a little fact out there.

 

[Guam360]

Sure at the end of the day Connie would like all 400's but not at the still silly asking prices of them. That will all change when more 787's and 747-8's get delivered and airlines off load their 400's and the price comes down. When they do he will move on them. 400's are not that much more efficient than R models, yes they carry a little more cargo but crew costs are the same.

In the meantime the classic will continue to fly and make money. Our last R powered birds were the last off the line and are not that old (in airliner years!!!).

ALL the classics are paid for (and all but 3 of our 400's), so when things get slow Connie doesn't have a large bank note to pay, he can idle the fleet, reduce the ACMI rate (read under cut others) to keep them flying. This is not so with the others.

this comment isn't an attack Mildew or negative, just a small addition to your comment, the crew costs are slightly different, man for man, the classic costs more, the FE pay scale is a bit more than any one FO.

 

[albatros101]

Is there anyone at the school house that may know when the guys in the pool will get the call for class?