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Old 04-08-2019, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by maxjet View Post
Chief Pilot announced the loss of 4 NCA 747-400’s to Atlas. They are still looking for 4 replacements. DHL has the first 4 777’s in the que and an announcement as to who was awarded should be out this week. 767 training has been slowed below optimum due to a lack of available sim time.

Class size for the 747-400 has been reduced to a much more manageable 8 every 3 weeks and should continue for a while longer. If more aircraft are found (awarded) expect training to increase.

The short answer is that nobody really knows as there are too many things outside of the Companies control right now. It would be completely realistic to think upgrades will continue to go below 2 years, to upgrades going to 5-7-10 years. Please don’t make your decision to work at K4 based on upgrade. When I started in 2011 upgrade on the Classic was 1 year. We furloughed 5 months later.
When they told me that (2 year upgrade), I told myself 5 years if things go well.
I’ve seen cargo before. When things go south they get ugly very quickly for cargo.
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