Whats the word on Kalitta Air hiring?

[embpic1]

From what I have heard, a new hire has to get himself to YIP for school and pay for a hotel during school, 6-7 weeks I assume. Is per diem paid during school in YIP and what can one expect for hotel costs?

Yes you pay for the hotel. You get a set amount per month. When I went through (6 years ago) it was $800 per month. I am not sure what it is now. There are apartments that you can rent. When I went through I rented an apartment with two other guys. I think I paid $300 per month for rent.

 

[learflyer]

How do you like it after 6 yrs, embpic? How is that sched on the body? Time zone changes, etc. How often do you get the back to back scheds where you're 30 days out? I have a good chance to get on with them and i'm very interested. Thanks.

 

[Victor Meldrew]

There is going to be a lot of hiring. The classic has around 70 crews right now not including new hire class and the latest word from YIP is they are planning at least 18 -200's and 110 crews minimum.

The 400 is also under crewed quite a bit right now and the crewing level has to increase. The training dept has been told don't expect a break anytime this year!

Most junior Capt now is May '08 and they had a 1 year holiday (furlough in '09).

 

[embpic1]

How do you like it after 6 yrs, embpic? How is that sched on the body? Time zone changes, etc. How often do you get the back to back scheds where you're 30 days out? I have a good chance to get on with them and i'm very interested. Thanks.

I have never had a full back to back (34 days). The longest I have been out is 26 days and that only happened once. I will admit that this job can be hard on the body. Your sleep cycles get trashed every month. When I come home it takes about 4-5 days to sleep when my family does. Even with that I really like the job. I enjoy the people I work with as well as the kind of flying we do. I will admit that after about 10-12 days out I am ready to come home. The last five days or so can seem to drag on but that is just me. It is not for everyone. So far I think I made the right choice coming here.

 

[learflyer]

Well that's good to hear. Thank you for the info. Thanks Victor as well. That' good news as well.

 

[skypine69]

$600 a week, no perdiem during GS. Pay for own hotel in GS (about a month...$1100 at the Candlewood in Ann Arbor). Once in sim you get hotel and perdiem ($40/day)...at least you do for the 400, not sure about the classic. well, i know you get a hotel, not sure about the perdiem.

 

[RJslim]

Hello New-Hires.

My Name is Chris I am a First Officer at Kalitta Air. I live right down the street in Belleville and I have a room for rent. The room has a Bunk Bed with a full size mattress on the bottom and a twin on the top, private bath, gym, wifi internet, access to the laundry room and kitchen. I will rent out the room to 2 K4 new-hires. Call me for the price and to set up a interview.


Thanks.

Chris.
734-301-1705 or
send me a IM.

 

[skypine69]

oh man....where were you when i went thru? Actually I kind of liked the hotel situation, but very cool of you to offer to new hires!

 

[EMB Jockey]

Could someone from Kalitta post one of their more recent schedules or a trip example? Just curious to see what it looks like.

 

[learflyer]

They are on flightaware.com. Just look up CKS

 

[Whine Lover]

There are NO schedules at K4.

What you might bid and what you actually fly are usually 2 completely different things.

You have to adapt a mindset of " I am going to work on day 1 and coming home on Day "X" and everything that happens in between is cool with me"...OR you will drive yourself crazy wondering about your "schedule".

What has been my experience the past 4 months is this:

- I usually go out on the road for 11-14 days and then have 13-14 off. (
I bid split schedule lines. )

- During that time on the road 2 are spent positioning to and from work via company paid transportation, 4-5 are spent flying and 5-6 are spent hanging out in Europe, Hong Kong, Alaska, or (ugh) EWR/JFK.

Here's a recent trip I did:


- Position EWR.

- 1 day off

- EWR-EBLG

- 2 days off

- EBLG-OBBI

- 2 days off

- OBBI-VHHH

- 3 days off

- VHHH-PANC

- 1 day off

- Position Home.



So, about 14 days out, with 4 days of time in the seat.

Next month I'll go out for the full 17 days.

Not for everyone...But, it works for me for now.


YMMV

 

[#%&@$!]

My February:

Day 1 - Home to JFK (paid coach ticket, jet blue redeye)
Day 2 - Newark to Kiev
Day 3 - Keiv to Newark (part 91)
Day 6 - JFK-Leipzig
Day 7 - Leipzig-Bahrain
Day 9 - Bahrain-Kandahar-Hong Kong
Day 12 - Kong Kong - Anchorage
Day 14 - Anchorage-Rickenbacker-Newark
Day 16 - LGA - Home (released a day early, paid coach ticket on Frontier)
plus 3 day sim PC on days off in DEN where I live
Pay - 86.25 hours + $1053.60 per diem

 

[Nick5600]

Would one stand a better chance if you dropped a resume off in person? I'm a little shy of 5000tt, but I have 2 types. I also have flown some adhoc cargo on antique airplanes. I live close to yip so it wouldn't be that hard to drop one off.

 

[teeb57]

I wouldn't discourage anyone from hand delivering their resume. I have a 747 type & personally handed the front office a resume, I never heard a word back. Living in YIP, you'd have nothing to lose, but I wouldn't make a long journey to go there. Good luck to ya!