Kalitta Air now accepting FO applications
10-30-2015, 07:38 PM
#1001
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Do you folks think Kalitta might hire an experienced pilot (5000+ hrs 121,135, 2400 Turbine [1250 PIC]) who isn't proficient? I haven't been employed as a pilot for 10+ years but I'd like to get back into it...
10-30-2015, 10:15 PM
#1003
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Originally Posted by Aurora8
Do you folks think Kalitta might hire an experienced pilot (5000+ hrs 121,135, 2400 Turbine [1250 PIC]) who isn't proficient? I haven't been employed as a pilot for 10+ years but I'd like to get back into it...
10-31-2015, 02:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Aurora8
Thanks for the encouragement!
Now if you are referring to the encouragement to seek employment elsewhere, I would agree, with that experience you should have no difficulty finding something else a little more stable.
Good luck
10-31-2015, 12:02 PM
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Yes my question was more about finding work in general - I don't want to cross any picket lines. The regionals aren't really an option for me as I have a family and can't afford to work for nothing...
10-31-2015, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Aurora8
Do you folks think Kalitta might hire an experienced pilot (5000+ hrs 121,135, 2400 Turbine [1250 PIC]) who isn't proficient? I haven't been employed as a pilot for 10+ years but I'd like to get back into it...
11-02-2015, 06:50 AM
#1008
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Aurora8,
My SIM partner when I got hired at Kalitta had a nearly your experience and time away from flying. He made it through. It took a significant effort on both our parts. He had flown about one hundred hours in an A300 just before coming over to K4. By far the hardest thing for him was getting the FMS and glass cockpit stuff. It is a tall order to just jump into a transport jet after a long time away. It is a mountain if you have no glass experience. Having said that it can be done. If you want it bad enough I welcome you back to the industry. Here and now at Kalitta though may not be the place to come back.
My SIM partner when I got hired at Kalitta had a nearly your experience and time away from flying. He made it through. It took a significant effort on both our parts. He had flown about one hundred hours in an A300 just before coming over to K4. By far the hardest thing for him was getting the FMS and glass cockpit stuff. It is a tall order to just jump into a transport jet after a long time away. It is a mountain if you have no glass experience. Having said that it can be done. If you want it bad enough I welcome you back to the industry. Here and now at Kalitta though may not be the place to come back.
11-02-2015, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by sky jet
Aurora8,
My SIM partner when I got hired at Kalitta had a nearly your experience and time away from flying. He made it through.... Here and now at Kalitta though may not be the place to come back.
My SIM partner when I got hired at Kalitta had a nearly your experience and time away from flying. He made it through.... Here and now at Kalitta though may not be the place to come back.
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