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Old 02-08-2019, 08:11 PM
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Until that base shuts down. Nothing is a guarantee in ACMI
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Old 02-09-2019, 03:20 AM
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Until that base shuts down. Nothing is a guarantee in ACMI
People seem to forget that nothing is guaranteed in aviation-EVER. It is always the ACMIs. Delta, American, United, Continental, and US Airways were the big dogs of the day. They all had pilots on the street at one time. Not to mention TWA, Eastern, and Pan Am. Some top tier airlines that have turned to dust. Just because you may be at an “elite” place does not make any pilot anywhere close to being safe.
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Old 02-09-2019, 06:06 AM
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People seem to forget that nothing is guaranteed in aviation-EVER. It is always the ACMIs. Delta, American, United, Continental, and US Airways were the big dogs of the day. They all had pilots on the street at one time. Not to mention TWA, Eastern, and Pan Am. Some top tier airlines that have turned to dust. Just because you may be at an “elite” place does not make any pilot anywhere close to being safe.
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Old 02-09-2019, 09:05 AM
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Until that base shuts down. Nothing is a guarantee in ACMI


Who knows, could it happen? Absolutely. The only thing swift has going in MIA is multiple contracts. So you lose one you still have others. The one thing I will say is at least they don’t have their eggs in one basket. They don’t depend on just the Cuban flying. ICE in MIA is a strong possibility too, world Atlantic is shaky at best right now. Wouldn’t doubt seeing them being absorbed as well.

But then again tomorrow is another day!
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Old 02-12-2019, 06:12 AM
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Who knows, could it happen? Absolutely. The only thing swift has going in MIA is multiple contracts. So you lose one you still have others. The one thing I will say is at least they don’t have their eggs in one basket. They don’t depend on just the Cuban flying. ICE in MIA is a strong possibility too, world Atlantic is shaky at best right now. Wouldn’t doubt seeing them being absorbed as well.

But then again tomorrow is another day!
No enterprise wants to lose a contract, unless the client is high maintenance, or the contract is being serviced at a loss.

Also, a loss of a positive revenue contract could put the company into an income loss, and thus the spiral begins with the mindset that “if we lose a contract, we still have others.”
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Old 02-12-2019, 10:23 AM
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No enterprise wants to lose a contract, unless the client is high maintenance, or the contract is being serviced at a loss.



Also, a loss of a positive revenue contract could put the company into an income loss, and thus the spiral begins with the mindset that “if we lose a contract, we still have others.”


Very true, but I will say at least the sales department is very aggressive. Hell they sell planes when we don’t even have the man power to do the flight. Then it’s scrambling time in GSO.
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Old 02-12-2019, 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by mexipilot84 View Post
Very true, but I will say at least the sales department is very aggressive. Hell they sell planes when we don’t even have the man power to do the flight. Then it’s scrambling time in GSO.
Good to read that there’s more business than capacity. Does Swift subservice if there’s not sufficient lift to support the business?
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Good to read that there’s more business than capacity. Does Swift subservice if there’s not sufficient lift to support the business?


We’ve had our old sister company dynamic before doing sub service for us. This last summer was brutal and with airplanes in Europe some of our flying was subbed out to dynamic.
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Old 02-15-2019, 11:43 AM
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What do schedules look like for home based pilots? Also what’s the upgrade time? Saw aero crew saying sub 1 year. Is that true? How hard is it to get one of the home based slots?
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Old 02-15-2019, 11:55 AM
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What do schedules look like for home based pilots? Also what’s the upgrade time? Saw aero crew saying sub 1 year. Is that true? How hard is it to get one of the home based slots?
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