Murray Aviation DC8s?

[General Lee]

I recently saw a Murray Aviation DC-8. I thought they mainly had Casa's and Saabs? When did they get those and where do they fly? I think it is on demand, and maybe they are being used a lot for Xmas lift. Do the Saabs fly mostly corporate shuttles?


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[pilot370]

A buddy of mine fly's as an FO on the -8's. He was out in SLC this past week doing UPS runs. They had two of the three? i think out there. The other one was back in YIP on stand-by i think for an automotive company.

 

[On Your Six]

I think I saw one at YIP a few weeks back - a beautiful white DC-8. Beyond the mail runs for UPS and the regular auto-part deliveries between factories, where else do they fly? Do they do much international work?

The DC-8 is one aircraft I have always wanted to fly...

 

[DrProc]

I remember seeing a job posting several months ago for Murray Air. They were hiring -8 crews to be based in SEA for a China contract. Never heard any more about that, though.

 

[DrProc]

The DC-8 is one aircraft I have always wanted to fly...[/quote]

ATI is going to be hiring in the next couple of months. They supposedly have gotten a couple of new contracts.

 

[JessMan]

Yeah, Murray Air has one Saab 340 and a couple of Jetstream 32's for the Chrysler corporate shuttle doing mostly PTK/RFD/OKK/CYYZ stuff. The DC-8's are Murray Aviation, one of my buddies is just finishing IOE on 'em. Two certificates, one company outta YIP.

 

[NJA bound]

Think ya got it backwards, Murray Air are the 8s.

 

[JessMan]

I stand corrected, Murray Air DC-8's. Murray Aviation, corporate shuttle...Thanks

 

[insomniac99]

Actually the whole operation is just Murray Air now

 

[Detroitpilot]

We have 3 DC-8's at Murray Air, two 63's and one 71. They fly mainly in support of the automotive industry in North America. During the Christmas season UPS keeps us busy domestically. International trips do come up from time to time, but lately are scarce. They have been working on some international contracts, but it's tough to compete in a widebody market with narrowbody aircraft. We've had the 8's for a few years now, they used to be on a 125 certificate, but now are all part 121. We also have two Casas, two Jetstreams, and one Saab.

 

[Heavy Set]

We have 3 DC-8's at Murray Air, two 63's and one 71. They fly mainly in support of the automotive industry in North America. During the Christmas season UPS keeps us busy domestically. International trips do come up from time to time, but lately are scarce. They have been working on some international contracts, but it's tough to compete in a widebody market with narrowbody aircraft. We've had the 8's for a few years now, they used to be on a 125 certificate, but now are all part 121. We also have two Casas, two Jetstreams, and one Saab.

Thank you for the info. As far as hiring for the DC-8s, do you have any plans? What are the minimums required if seats become available or do you mainly recruit internally? How's the QOL in terms of schedules/days off?

 

[Detroitpilot]

No classes planned right now, last group hired is on IOE now. Hiring is sporadic based on needs/attrition, etc. We strongly consider guys from the 135 side when hiring. Unless they're on the Casa, they usually they prefer the schedule of the passenger shuttles to the one hour call out on the 8. We don't really have hiring minimums. It depends on the applicants at the time and what we need. QOL is decent if you can stand being on call in a rotation, i guess it depends on what you're used to. Schedules are done on a monthly basis. I have 9 days off this month, which is typical, and seldom work weekends. When on duty, you're on call 24hrs. Hope this helps.

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

They've got some nice looking DC8's, I saw them nightly in SLC last week doing the UPS runs. Does Murray fly to Central America?, or I might have one of your planes confused with the Arrow 8's

 

[Detroitpilot]

They've got some nice looking DC8's, I saw them nightly in SLC last week doing the UPS runs. Does Murray fly to Central America?, or I might have one of your planes confused with the Arrow 8's

Hey, thanks, they're tough old birds. Your 74's are very sharp also, love the logo on the tail. We haven't done Central or South America since I've been with them, so most likely it's Arrow out of Miami, or maybe ATI.

 

[psysix]

Your planes may be pretty, but how pretty are your paychecks?

 

[Heavy Set]

Your planes may be pretty, but how pretty are your paychecks?

That's one of the lamest comments I've seen in a long time....

 

[B747FR8DAWG]

He's posted the same reply on several other threads..............Just ignore!

 

[Detroitpilot]

Maybe our paychecks aren't so pretty, but we can get a new job, and you'll still be an...