Thread: Good and Bad cargo companies
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Old 09-23-2008 | 08:46 PM
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Here's my take on it...

1. "Who is a good and who is bad?" (regarding cargo carriers)

- It's hard to answer because it depends on s many factors. Also I'm biased since I work for UPS. In my view, and only today because tomorrow everything can change Fedex and UPS are the gravy of the cargo business. Then comes World, Atlas/Polar, etc followed by Omni, Kalitta. Do not forget foreign Cargo outfits such as Cathay, Nippon Cargo and such..

In my view none of them is “bad”, they just aren't as good as the previous one (again, my view only)

2. "I heard there are just some places you should stay away from."

I'm sure you've heard some bad things being said about certain people in the past who you found to be really nice folks once you got to know them personally.

The same can be said about airlines. While research is important what works for one person might not work for you and vice versa. I'd say the “good” are the ones I mentioned in the first question while the “less than good” are the ones which will lead you to the good ones so they might be pretty good ones after all.

For example, I personally am (was) willing to put up with some pretty "bad" commuter pax airlines in order to get hired at a cargo airline I knew I'd be happy at. In other words, a bad airline might be ok if it helps you with your future...

3. "So is Capital okay?"

Unfortunately don't know much about them except this... http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/airlines/cargo/capital.html

When it comes to 'smaller' cargo airlines (or those who feed bigger cargo airlines) if I were you I'd focus on getting multi, turbine time. Some fly Caravans which although great airplanes are still single engine airplanes. Thus your multi- experience will be very limited on your resume which might hurt you in the future...

in addition to his questions, I am also curious if I might be eligible for any cargo/mail/check carrier jobs with just over 900TT / 155 ME?

The only way to find out is to apply but I'm fairly certain that your numbers are competitive. In fact, I have a friend who's a check airman at one of Fedex's feeders (Caravans ) and he said he sees people there with less experience than you have...

Good luck to you both!
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