Originally Posted by
Pancake
Shack. 1700 A-10 hours. My dad was a 23 year Midwest pilot. I know what I like about pax flying, but don't know why guys/gals prefer boxes (sts).
My advice, pick a healthy mix of PAX and Cargo companies and aggressively do everything you can to get an interview and hired. Then love the one your with and hope for the best. That being said, I'd limit my PAX choices to SWA and then FedEx/UPS on the cargo side. Anyone else is a real crap shoot in my opinion. Me being a previous fighter guy and now a cargo puke, I'm sort of partial.
When I was a new hire at FedEx a senior VP came in and threw some numbers on the board on a PAX flight verse a Cargo MD-11 going from Narita to Memphis.
PAX MD-11 --- $400K of revenue
Cargo MD-11 --- $3 to 5 Million in revenue
The numbers may not be exact, but the point is Boxes pay way more then screaming grumpy passengers. Additionally, we don't have to ask those crabby 65 year old flight attendants for a cup of Joe. That's what RFO's are for!
Jolly