Originally Posted by
Mariner
For once, freighters are where the money is. For the time being.
Prices are skyrocketing, rising from 2$ per kg to 10 in a matter of days.
Full loads to and from the Far East, same story North Atlantic.
Crews moved from city hotels to near-deserted beach hotels. Emergency rations in their overnight bag, because food availability is
not guaranteed.
Some airlines even 'intern' their crews in hotels at homebase, to avoid them from getting sick while home.
'May you live in interesting times'
Freight big players FEDeX, DHL, UPS etc.etc have always been in a different league. Corporate level driven, a mega multi billion pound industry. Often moving high end vital goods globally.
The pilots are on big money, have good hotels which they tend to choose and can have personalised rosters in many cases. Many of these guys use to fly passenger aircraft.
But it is in a very different league, but who knows, in the future if UVAs will probably be flying freight first.