EMPLOYMENT: DC-9 Captain (Anchorage)

I'm game. You'll have to pay for my type rating, though.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
I'm game. You'll have to pay for my type rating, though.
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Next thing you know, you'll be buying one of those retired AA MD80s (or Hef's old DC9) and using it to ferry animals.... ;)
 
wsuffa said:
Next thing you know, you'll be buying one of those retired AA MD80s (or Hef's old DC9) and using it to ferry animals.... ;)
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Lots of animals !

Over the course of the past year, Kalitta has moved 3000 head of cattle from North Dakota to Kazachstan using a 747 freighter. About 100 at a time with a intermediate stop somewhere in europe. They have a couple of cowboys and a veterinarian on board, better service than I get on Delta.
 
wsuffa said:
Next thing you know, you'll be buying one of those retired AA MD80s (or Hef's old DC9) and using it to ferry animals.... ;)
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Well, I've only once been asked for something that would need larger than a Navajo, and that was for a Manatee. So I think we're sticking to pistons. ;)

weilke said:
Over the course of the past year, Kalitta has moved 3000 head of cattle from North Dakota to Kazachstan using a 747 freighter. About 100 at a time with a intermediate stop somewhere in europe. They have a couple of cowboys and a veterinarian on board, better service than I get on Delta.
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Now that's quite the interesting trip, and talk about some expensive beef!
 
For a couple years I had the pleasure of an e-mail based pilot forum of which that Kalitta pilot was a member. His work schedule was basically a 15 day romp around the globe once a month. Oil pipes, throughbred horses, cattle, high tension powerline towers, surfboard blanks...you name it.
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Now that's quite the interesting trip, and talk about some expensive beef!
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This is a breeder cattle, so while they will eventually turn into hamburger, the idea is to grow this into a couple of 100k animal herd. Apparently shipping them by air-mail is cheaper than sea/land as the loss due to animals dying along the treck is so much lower.
 
weilke said:
This is a breeder cattle, so while they will eventually turn into hamburger, the idea is to grow this into a couple of 100k animal herd. Apparently shipping them by air-mail is cheaper than sea/land as the loss due to animals dying along the treck is so much lower.
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Pretty similar to why Cloud Nine exists. The ground transports frequently don't work as well (especially on longer trips) with a higher loss rate. Flight actually makes more sense.
 
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