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wjcandee 07-30-2019 04:39 PM

Well Amazon flying is up significantly. Often, well more than six 767 200s flying at the same time for Amazon. The extra flying and higher tempo is picking up the slack in the older aircraft fleet.

MarkThyme 07-30-2019 06:47 PM


Originally Posted by flyfranz (Post 2862118)
Looks like we just the Aeromex contract. I can’t remember the last time we had good news here. My resume is now going out weekly, I guess I must still be too low on total time. Because, so far no responses.

I don't know that it was lost (assuming that was the word you omitted) so much as significantly underbid by a 36th Street bottom feeder for a contract that already didn't pay that well and that a sizable number of pilots preferred to avoid flying - or at the very least, they enjoyed complaining about it.

Contracts will come and go. That's the world that ACMI is. I'm sure if we acceded to Soaper's contract demands, the company could have lowered their bid enough to keep it (and we would have a contract already). But I'm pretty sure neither one of us really wants to company to go that route.

As for the rest, Southern will hire you tomorrow if you can correctly identify a 737 at least 3 times out of 5, and Omni is taking applications now. It's a heck of a deal - you don't even have to change unions! And with Omni, you also get to keep the same corporate overlords!

Asiabound 07-31-2019 10:23 AM


Originally Posted by MarkThyme (Post 2862216)
I don't know that it was lost (assuming that was the word you omitted) so much as significantly underbid by a 36th Street bottom feeder for a contract that already didn't pay that well and that a sizable number of pilots preferred to avoid flying - or at the very least, they enjoyed complaining about it.

Contracts will come and go. That's the world that ACMI is. I'm sure if we acceded to Soaper's contract demands, the company could have lowered their bid enough to keep it (and we would have a contract already). But I'm pretty sure neither one of us really wants to company to go that route.

As for the rest, Southern will hire you tomorrow if you can correctly identify a 737 at least 3 times out of 5, and Omni is taking applications now.

How flexible are they about the 3 of 5 thing? Lol

flyfranz 08-01-2019 06:52 AM


Originally Posted by MarkThyme (Post 2862216)
I don't know that it was lost (assuming that was the word you omitted) so much as significantly underbid by a 36th Street bottom feeder for a contract that already didn't pay that well and that a sizable number of pilots preferred to avoid flying - or at the very least, they enjoyed complaining about it.

Contracts will come and go. That's the world that ACMI is. I'm sure if we acceded to Soaper's contract demands, the company could have lowered their bid enough to keep it (and we would have a contract already). But I'm pretty sure neither one of us really wants to company to go that route.

As for the rest, Southern will hire you tomorrow if you can correctly identify a 737 at least 3 times out of 5, and Omni is taking applications now. It's a heck of a deal - you don't even have to change unions! And with Omni, you also get to keep the same corporate overlords!

Yea. “Lost” was the word omitted. Don’t drink and post.

nitefr8dog 08-01-2019 05:49 PM


Originally Posted by flyfranz (Post 2863038)
Yea. “Lost” was the word omitted. Don’t drink and post.

It will be back....they under bid ABX after UPS threw them off the ramp for horible performance and mechanicals.

flyfranz 08-02-2019 04:54 AM

Who got it?

wjcandee 08-02-2019 09:08 AM

There's pretty much only 1 36th Street bottom feeder that flies 767s but which no longer flies for UPS.

MarkThyme 08-02-2019 09:10 AM


Originally Posted by flyfranz (Post 2863523)
Who got it?

21Air is what I heard.

MarkThyme 08-02-2019 09:10 AM


Originally Posted by nitefr8dog (Post 2863386)
It will be back....they under bid ABX after UPS threw them off the ramp for horible performance and mechanicals.

I admire your optimism.

Bungalow 08-02-2019 10:20 AM


Originally Posted by nitefr8dog (Post 2863386)
It will be back....they under bid ABX after UPS threw them off the ramp for horible performance and mechanicals.

I admired the optimism as well. Now for some realism, ABX days are numbered
Better put your money where your mouth is, get out and find another job.

Pretty much what’ve been told to prospective new hires.


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