Pay & conditions · North America
Kalitta Air: pilot jobs, pay and conditions
USA · Cargo · K4 / CKS
Hiring status unknown
Pay
Unofficial figures. Not from an agreement or the airline: collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Treat them as indicative.
First officer
USD 117–213 an hour
about $105–192k a year
Captain
USD 165–316 an hour
about $148–284k a year
APC scale (page updated Mar 2024): FO yr1 $117, yr12 $213; CA yr1 $165, yr12 $316. 64 hr guarantee. Contract amendable Mar 2024.
Agreement news
- ALPA Pilots at Kalitta Ratify Contract ↗
ALPA (Kalitta pilots) · summary · 2021–2025
Open vacancies (0)
No open pilot vacancies listed right now.
Conditions
- Allowances
- Per diem $2.65/hr dom, $3.55/hr intl; 401(k) 12% direct, no match.
- Roster
- Home-basing allowed at commercial airports in Lower 48/ANC/HNL; reserve flies similar to lines.
- Bases
- YIP
- Fleet
- B747-400F, B777F
- Benefits
- 401(k) 12% DC, medical.
- Union
- ALPA
- Careers site
- kalittaair.com ↗
Requirements
- Type rating
- company-paid
- Licence
- FAA ATP (unrestricted)
- Other
- 2,000+ TT preferred; 1,500 turbine preferred
Sources
Not from an official source: figures collected from pilot forums, salary sites and other public sources. Indicative only · figures from 2021-03 · checked 30 Oct 2026
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