Kalitta 777’s
#21
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Yeah... I didn't think about that. How old is Connie? Do you think he'd think about selling to Bezos?
#29
There is a succession plan in place. Couple of things to consider.
1. Kalitta LLC is Connie’s legacy. He employs a ton of people in various locations through out the state of Michigan and others. He knows the value of that and has ensured that it will continue after he leaves.
2. The Airline is valueless except as an airline. Used aircraft, not much owned route structure, short term contracts (Connie’s decision not DHL’s or others).
The Oscoda maintenance facility and the training department are separate from the airline. In my opinion this insures that the airline will continue to operate as an airline. To do anything else would be foolish financially. Kalitta Air will exist long after Connie and I are gone. The difference is that people will miss Connie when he is gone😀
1. Kalitta LLC is Connie’s legacy. He employs a ton of people in various locations through out the state of Michigan and others. He knows the value of that and has ensured that it will continue after he leaves.
2. The Airline is valueless except as an airline. Used aircraft, not much owned route structure, short term contracts (Connie’s decision not DHL’s or others).
The Oscoda maintenance facility and the training department are separate from the airline. In my opinion this insures that the airline will continue to operate as an airline. To do anything else would be foolish financially. Kalitta Air will exist long after Connie and I are gone. The difference is that people will miss Connie when he is gone😀
#30
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In 9+ years of flying the 777 Southern has only 1 engine shutdown. It was an engine that was already on a watch due to the engine monitoring program and it almost made it to the allowed cycles. It was shutdown during the climbout and the aircraft returned to KLAX.
You will find that ETOPS from a pilot perspective is pretty straightforward. You make sure the aircraft is legal to dispatch, the route is within the approved diversion airspace, and the alternates are legal. Prior to entering ETOPS Dispatch double checks the alternate weather/notams and 99% of the time nothing has changed. You enter the ETOPS portion knowing if you do have a problem that you have an almost guaranteed alternate to divert to if there is not a closer/better option. That’s it. ETOPS groundschool over.
Last edited by Birdsmash; 06-21-2019 at 04:50 AM.
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