Cujo665

ABX is good, but if you want to avoid commuting…

ATI, no commuting or crashpads, home based.

Omni FO window just opened too.

Good luck at the interview, can’t go wrong at any of the three.

abxflyr

Not to dredge all the stuff up that you can read here (APC) on this and many other threads...but, you can go wrong! ACMI isn't for everyone and all of the carriers have pro's and con's (mostly con's when compared to other segments of the airline biz). To stay on subject, ABX (and I think the Southern 737?) are the only ones that run a traditional airline base program (CVG for ABX). Everyone else is home-based whereby they are provided some level of travel time, tickets, and hotels with no defined base. There trips may start anywhere/everywhere since it doesn't matter where the beginning/ending is. Traditional basing requires your trip to begin/end at your domicile. As you will read, ABX has chosen to incorporate the cost of home-basing into other portions of the CBA (retirement). A person's mileage will vary greatly with these discussions. At the end of 10 years, one will have spent whatever in hotels or crashpads but have significantly more in retirement (including compounding, etc.), others will have commute free stress and airline point galore.

Generally speaking we all (ACMI) end up working about the same amount between each other and our base compensation are very similar.

luke3

Thanks everyone. I'm excited about the opportunity to interview. I'm looking forward to getting out of 135, having better schedules, and working in a standardized 121 environment. I think ACMI would work well for me, just looking to get the details since ABX does things slightly differently, like a scheduled airline. I'm actually starting to like that idea the more i read your answers. Even the full 16 days in a row is less than my current typical footprint of 21 days, but having different schedule options is a great plus.

One last thing, do you have line guarantees or should you just expect to make min guarantee every month?

goinaround

Highly suggest you factor the commute to CVG. If you have DHL or Amazon going into CVG from your home airport….it’s not so bad. I didn’t have that and with the two leg on an RJ to my relatively expensive crashpad, It was kinda miserable. If you live within a couple hours drive….then disregard all that. It wasn’t a bad place to work…..just didn’t work for me.

Gooch

Line guarantees. Former 135 guy here. It’ll be better here but remember no place is perfect. Still it’ll be better here. Even commuting. Crash pad life won’t last long if you even have to do it at all since people are holding lines quickly and hiring is picking up. Good luck at your interview.

vroll1800

See my 16 Sept. post on p.19 of this thread. On last months bid , ~ half the lines "broke" the 65 hr. base guarantee by a fractional amount up to 5 hrs. over (70 hr. month). YMMV, but at least a sizeable plurality of lines will go over monthly guarantee if only by a modest amount. The overage will be paid on the 15th of following month (13th or 14th if 15th falls on a weekend). ABX proportional base pay paid every other Friday.

It was my impression in your earlier post that you were asking about ABX military contract flights placement in crew assignments, vice one respondent answering wrt ability to work ones reserve/guard commitments around your ABX schedule. Known military charters can appear on regular lines. Those that come up after close of monthly bid are put on daily open flying list on Crew Trac. Crewmembers can bid for open flying on it (for extra $$), or else trade with crew scheduling for that trip. Hth, best wishes on interview.

nitefr8dog

It was you who made the comment about going years without a raise...

It's OK you can admit OMNI is just another ACMI carrier with a crappy contract.

"Mat" be a bit late for you if can't accept reality..

Cujo665

If you say so…. lol

nitefr8dog

I just did....

Riverside

Maybe you'll move on one day and get hired at Ups or FedEx.