ORD freighter base
there is a bid message out for ORD freighter now.
presently, the junior f/o in ORD has around two years.
the most junior Captains (2 years and 4 months) could
hold ORD now. the trip leaves ORD around 10:40pm to
go to ANC. a few days a week the flight comes in from
JFK and then onto ANC, it leave ORD around 3am. the
flight gets back to ORD at 8pm from ANC or 1am if it
comes through JFK.
if you have ORD as a prefered port, you could get most
of your trips out of ORD from day one.
despite what you may read on pprune, the job, crews,
medical coverage, number of vacation day,
aircraft and layovers are great. pay could be better,
training is 'unusual'. overall, the job is a home run.
CX has no jumpseat agreements with any US airlines.
after 6 months (you would be in HKG training for the
first 4), you get ZED tickets on AA. it costs about
$24 USD for short trips, and $36 ish for longer ones
(each way). ZED fares are very low priority on the
non-rev list.