The “militant Eastern Airline hitman” tries to hold everyone to a standard worthy of a major airline. You have to really know your stuff. The dried up career job hoppers coming to class expecting to breeze through, thinking that it’s just another shady freight company typically don’t make it. Yes, turnover is high, but turnover is high in all of ad-hoc freight.


The younger kid’s better stay away from rough “ON-Demand” outfits with high turnover rates. Their careers are “On the line” “on every trip”. These companies can’t afford to admit they fire guys for anything but they do. Most of these flights are on the hook for six figures, and if you’re a few minutes late, if you cause a delay on any leg, or if you damage the freight while loading it, you’re finished, gone in a blink of the eye. The “Death” boxes the other guy mentioned also have boxes that state “Have you ever been fired, reprimanded, or asked to resign”. You check one of these boxes and you’re out and you’re your social security number is marked for life. These airlines are usually stacked with pilots with a record, or pilots with special issuance medicals so they are insulated. New kids with a clean fresh career ahead of them need to think twice!