Thanks Kalitta Charters

[propsarebest]

The other day, a F20 showed up here at MMV, with a body of a local 20 yr old kid that was killed in Iraq. The crew was very respectful, and were top notch.

WAY TO GO! I know it's not the easiest job in the world, but you guys handle with respect.

 

[PUNISHER]

The very least I can do

I appreciate the nice comment. It's definitely a difficult job to do day in day out. Although it is nothing in comparison to the soldier's duty. I hope I can return to MMV someday on different circumstances, you can rest assured that if I have to bring another fallen soldier home they will be treated with the highest level of respect and integrity.

 

[cherry20's]

I keep hearing you guys are doing a good job at different FBO's. Keep up the good work fellas!

 

[Metro752]

Thanks for the service into Lewis LOT today 6/10.

 

[DrProc]

I witnessed the arrival of a fallen soldier into DTW the other day, and I have to agree that Kalitta did an outstanding job. I really have to commend the crews that have to watch the greiving families, its gotta be hard to do day in and day out.

 

[jaxpilot]

saw em in SRQ a few weeks ago, did a good job.

 

[tathepilot]

Seeing the family is the hardest part... Every fallen soldier has an escort on board, last week we had two brothers..

 

[airspeedsalive]

Wtf?!

 

[PUNISHER]

Crossed The Line

There will always be some clown who opposes the dignified transfer of our fellow country men, the vary men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice to ensure our freedom.
I always thought it would be some hippie liberal ****************************** bag from the media, but I guess I'm really not that surprised that some smart ass on FI has the nerve to call us "morbid scavengers". If you had any idea what we deal with day in and day out you would probably keep your big mouth shut.
We provide a service to our fallen soldiers and their families to ensure that they receive the utmost respect and honor that they deserve.

 

[PUNISHER]

Every company makes money to continue as a business, some fly passengers, some fly auto freight, some fly corporate big wigs around, it goes on and on. You can't fly jets around the country for free. Whether you like it or not for every person who pilots a jet there is a owner or group of owners that are trying to make money off of it. That's how a business works.
We (pilots) are merely the drivers. Every man or woman who does this job has the choice in how they conduct themselves while doing their job. Some of us take pride in what we do, some of us are able to look past the corporate entity that is making the real money in this big picture and some pilot groups work together to form a reputation of a "good group of guys". So when you call our company "morbid scavengers" I take offense to it. The service that we provide Is making sure that they receive the utmost respect and honor that they deserve. When we do these ceremonies it is the pilots who conduct them, we are the ones who often personally deal with families, We have the choice in how we conduct these ceremonies and how we interact with family.

Here is what we do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnp9idOEj4g