Originally Posted by
newb2
For those of you that are on the fence as to which way to vote, pay attention to this post. K4 is being considered the red headed step child because of our duty day, and now other carriers must raise their duty day to be competitive.
The operative word here is competitive, in that they are our competitors, do we really want our competitor to dictate to us? It has been said many times but it is worth repeating, what works for Atlas does not work for Kalitta.
To be honest we do not like the long duty any more than you do, but it is necessary for our operation.
Wow...you really have no idea how this works. K4 can still do the same flying ..just not let the company do it on the cheap. Airline a crew into position and go to crew rest. Management has been serving you the kool-aid...you don't have to drink it. When we fly these trips that are "necessary for our operation " we have a max 16 hrs and another crew picks it up from there. How hard is that to understand? Almost every ACMI carrier has had to compete from the bottom because K4, ATI, Southern had pilots willing to work with horible pay and work rules. Why would not have taken thos opportunity to change that?....weak!