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[nbv4]

Originally Posted by germb747

Kalitta does alot of military/government contract flying, and thus you must be qualified to hold a secret clearance. They've also done hurricane relief, flown into North Korea, flown to Afghanistan, and routinely fly over Iraq into Kuwait, UAE, and Bahrain. Expect to spend time in these places in addition to Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, and Hong Kong. It's not uncommon to go all the way around the would a couple of times in a single month over inhospitable terrain with controllers who have minimal command of the English language and primative (if any) radar. Be prepared for the long sleepless nights of the freight dog constantly changing time zones, as the rules for international Part 121 supplemental are a much different ballgame than what you're probably used to under Part 121 domestic.

They don't "require" heavy or 747 time as alot of folks come from the regionals, but it's a huge plus if you have heavy time and/or a military background.

Long sleepless nights is something I'm used to already. Where I work now, we routinely do 13 hour trips where you have to be awake 25/30 hours without anytime to sleep. And we go to Mexico a lot, where there is no radar and the controllers are barely understandable. Do you know what is required to get a secret clearance?

[minitour]

Originally Posted by nbv4

Do you know what is required to get a secret clearance?

I do, but I'm not telling.
















........anyone?

-mini

[Polar742]

I don't know what's involved for a "secret" clearance, but Polar does military (AMC) work, and I'm good to do it, FWIW

[flyguydaniel]

Originally Posted by nbv4

Do you know what is required to get a secret clearance?

I think a secret clearance just requires a national background check of some sort and also a local agency check. They also do a credit check on you. It would take a few months to get depending process times and how complicated your background is. Wiki has a decent article on security clearances. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_clearance#Secret .

[Hacker15e]

The process you're looking for to obtain a Secret clearance is called a "National Agency Check", or NAC.

[germb747]

I don't think they actually issue you a secret clearance, but they do say you must "be qualified" to hold a secret clearance due to the AMC work.