Originally Posted by 3pointlanding

Kalitta is an ACMI operation and not any different than any other ACMI operation, Atlas, Southern, Polar, you name it. Bid a line? Yeah, you can bid a line and even have it awarded. But that does not mean you will fly anything resembling the line. Scheduling is always a constant shuffle sort of like putting fingers in a dyke to stop the leakage. Need a plane? Oh yeah we will get you one. Oops. no crew? No problem, we'll just grab the nearest crew off their line and back fill. The cost of buying an extra ticket for the back fill. Hey, that won't cost much when buying bucket list economy seats. Pilots don't need all that rest anyway. Oh those days off you are guaranteed? Dream on! We'll just take a few, you are making extra pay aren't you? And that jet lag? Eh, you will get over it.
That is the philosophy of ACMI. You are a slave to marketing who have no concept of crew rests or contracts.
I flew like that for 6 years and when I finally reached 60 I had to leave, my blood pressure dropped 20 points. It does get to you sooner or later.

Originally Posted by LoneStarM1A

What's so great about Kalitta even after their new contract? They're only a little better than the scummiest scumbag outfits like ATI, Atlas, Amerijet, Miami Air, etc and still way behind legitimate career airlines like FedEx/UPS, legacies, most LCC's, etc.

Originally Posted by LoneStarM1A

What's so great about Kalitta even after their new contract? They're only a little better than the scummiest scumbag outfits like ATI, Atlas, Amerijet, Miami Air, etc and still way behind legitimate career airlines like FedEx/UPS, legacies, most LCC's, etc.

Originally Posted by No Land 3

I'll tell you one thing that is nicer, seeing the dreadful faces of pilots who work for a "legitimate" airline hoping to get on a flight home right before Christmas, as I board on their metal with a ticket in hand.
Have fun with the pax, gate agents, commuting, flight attendants, living your "Catch Me If You Can" fantasy that we all know is total bs.

Originally Posted by LoneStarM1A

What's so great about Kalitta even after their new contract? They're only a little better than the scummiest scumbag outfits like ATI, Atlas, Amerijet, Miami Air, etc and still way behind legitimate career airlines like FedEx/UPS, legacies, most LCC's, etc.

Originally Posted by atpcliff

One thing that is great, for some people, is the home basing. You can live somewhere far away, and small, like Kalispell, MT, and not have to worry about commuting. Just show up at the Kalispell airport and ride to work hassle free. Some people really like the no jumpseating and no crashpad situation.

Originally Posted by AllGood

^^^THIS (although only saying "this" was too short...)

Originally Posted by LoneStarM1A

What's so great about Kalitta even after their new contract? They're only a little better than the scummiest scumbag outfits like ATI, Atlas, Amerijet, Miami Air, etc and still way behind legitimate career airlines like FedEx/UPS, legacies, most LCC's, etc.

Originally Posted by 727C47

As a K4 alumni, even before the contract the flying was sublime, as were the peeps, post contract it's just gotten significantly better , if you are a troll you are not a very good one, but some of us groove on the joys and challenges inherent in global longhaul, others prefer the pablum of ORD- DFW , wash, rinse, repeat,ad infinitum, to each their own. Cheers.