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Old 03-28-2007, 05:53 AM
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Go!

I left ASA for Gemini. Three years later I was at FDX.

At the end of my FDX interview, they asked if I wanted to say anything else. I said yeah, and whipped out a world map - I had circled all the cities I had been to (5 continents at that point). They seemed impressed.

GO! Don't let the door hit you in the butt.

I've flown with Connie guys - it is what it is, but there are some good aspects to that company. The man can certainly get USAF contracts, that's for sure.
Totally agree with you Huck.

But you got hired at Gemini at the RIGHT time. F/Os hired 1 year after you at Gemini are still sitting on the right seat...
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Old 04-06-2007, 03:20 PM
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Does anyone have current information on the Kalitta interview or sim ride for a friend of mine?
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Old 04-06-2007, 04:32 PM
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Do a search on here and FI for kalitta, the recent interview is described in detail. Also check out aviationinterviews.com, where a few very recent interviews have been added.
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Old 04-06-2007, 08:09 PM
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Thanks Lear... I'll pass that on...
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Old 04-06-2007, 10:02 PM
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Does anyone know if Kalitta and other cargo airlines alike have benefits for family travel? I know for a fact that Evergreen does (or use to) have benefits b/c my buddy use to go on trips with his dad all the time. He would either sit in the jumpseat or in the back. The reason I ask is because I'd like to take my wife with me on a few trips if I ever decide to do the long haul cargo thing.

Another question for you guys already flying long haul cargo....During those trans atlantic flights, does the crew care if you go in the back and do a 1/2 hour to an hour worth of exercises like pushups, situps, stretching and maybe a little bit of jump roping? My buddy's dad use to fly with a guy who carried a jumprope in his flightbag and do just what I'm talking about.
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Old 04-06-2007, 10:07 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiseclimb View Post
Does anyone have current information on the Kalitta interview or sim ride for a friend of mine?
Yeah, the 747 is easy to land. I just remember how that thing use to glide like a J3 down to the numbers. The systems are extensive though. Lots of systems! Study the systems hard! I'm not sure if you do one engine approaches but that's a possibility. This is just a few things I remember from the sim at Pan Am back in '89-'91.
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Originally Posted by blastboy View Post
Yeah, the 747 is easy to land. I just remember how that thing use to glide like a J3 down to the numbers. The systems are extensive though. Lots of systems! Study the systems hard! I'm not sure if you do one engine approaches but that's a possibility. This is just a few things I remember from the sim at Pan Am back in '89-'91.
You're a good dude..
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Old 04-07-2007, 08:15 AM
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Does anyone know if Kalitta and other cargo airlines alike have benefits for family travel? I know for a fact that Evergreen does (or use to) have benefits b/c my buddy use to go on trips with his dad all the time. He would either sit in the jumpseat or in the back. The reason I ask is because I'd like to take my wife with me on a few trips if I ever decide to do the long haul cargo thing.

Another question for you guys already flying long haul cargo....During those trans atlantic flights, does the crew care if you go in the back and do a 1/2 hour to an hour worth of exercises like pushups, situps, stretching and maybe a little bit of jump roping? My buddy's dad use to fly with a guy who carried a jumprope in his flightbag and do just what I'm talking about.

Your kidding - right?
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Your kidding - right?

What's there to kid about? I'm as serious as cancer about that question. IF you have an answer, I'd love to hear it.
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Old 04-07-2007, 10:02 AM
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For one a transatlantic flight is not that long. Getting up and leaving your post for a half hour is irresponsible. First off if you are not an FE then when above FL250 the remaining crewmember will legally have to be on oxygen while your pumping your abs. That means that potentially the oxygen bottles will have to be pulled off the aircraft and serviced more frequently (bottles cannot be serviced in situ anymore.) That will make big friends with the maintenance people. Someone that gets up and leaves the flight deck for greater than 15-20 minutes just p*sses me off. You can do your exercising on your layover. And just so you know, I work out a lot and I would never take the presumption of doing it during flight.

I would also not suggest jumping up and down on the upper deck. When just standing on the floor and having someone walk past it moves vertically at least a half inch. There have been AD's issued regarding corrosion issues on the upper deck floor beams and the fuselage juncture. Your probably not going to break anything but continued & repeated jumping up and down will probably create cracks some point down the road. Doing your exercises on the lower deck is going to be between the pallet tracks, pallet locks tiedown tracks, tiedowns, shackles, PDU's, and loaded cargo.

As far as bringing your wife, do that once going to Asia and you will either get divorced or your wife will have you working in Home Depot when she finds out about the avid pursuit of "happy endings" by your fellow crewmembers. It's my opinion that jumpseating family members at this point time wouldn't be allowed by any operators - especially post 911. ACMI operations are at the whim of the customer, somehow I don't think that they would be very happy ferrying around your family and paying for their lodging/expenses/catering/etc, to say nothing of customs/immigrations/visa considerations.

So there's your answers.


P.S. Don't paint the devil on the wall with the Big "C". I know people that are dealing with serious bouts of cancer and it is no joke. Your questions are no way even close to the serious nature of that dreaded disease.

Grow up.

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