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Old 06-01-2011, 09:40 AM
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Word on the street:

Worst pay on the MD-11 in the industry.

Worst pay per ton.

10 days off but they can move them around as they please.

1.5 hour callout 24h a day.

Terrible QOL, **** hotels, **** schedules, no duty rig. 20 hour days.

no contract. no rules. bad MTC. $65k a year for a captain of a widebody?

Probably a great place if you murdered someone or cant speak very much english.
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Old 06-02-2011, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Danzig View Post
Another reason I am curious how they're even getting pilots.
They're getting pilots because there are a thousand of them on the street who could step into the left seat right now. Right behind those thousand are 5,000 more who would do it just to get some wide-body, International experience, and who perceive (correctly) that the worse the job, the quicker the turnover. The quicker the turnover, the faster they can make left-seat, and the quicker they make left-seat, the quicker they get their own 1,000 hrs PIC and move on to (hopefully) better jobs.

That's always been the problem with ACMI...half the people there (2/3rds if they're flying 3-man airplanes) actually benefit from high turnover.
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Old 06-03-2011, 03:09 PM
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I know a guy from Skylease that got the call for a fedex interview. So there is always that route to FX.
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Old 06-04-2011, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted by hoover View Post
I know a guy from Skylease that got the call for a fedex interview. So there is always that route to FX.
Yeah, but only if he can escape for a few days to make it to the interview.
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Old 06-04-2011, 04:39 AM
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I have a friend just hired over there. He likes it so far. Says the training is very good. I'll update as time goes on to see if he still likes it.
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Old 08-27-2011, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Learflyer View Post
I have a friend just hired over there. He likes it so far. Says the training is very good. I'll update as time goes on to see if he still likes it.
Any update? The two year contract is really a downer... have they gone after guys that have left prematurely?
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