Originally Posted by
stinsonjr
Hey guys, sometimes I will think of an oddball question. There is some discussion at the Kalitta crash thread regarding bad fuel, FARC, and speculation regarding politcal events in Columbia. My question is this; you guys, particularly the on-demand ACMI guys, get sent all over the world, sometimes to places that are "new" (as opposed to set hubs/destinations like the pax carriers). Does the company you work for brief you at all on your destination? Can they give you a small whitepaper detailing the political climate/uncertainty of a given country, places in the destination to avoid, things to be careful of, etc?
Just wondering - many companies outside of aviation will do this, just wondering if you guys are prepared in a similiar way.
At FedEx, we have a link on the front page of our website that takes us to a daily security briefing on Global Issues (politics, travel dangers, etc) and Weather Issues (significant wx, typhoons, etc). There is also a search function to search individual countries.