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Northern Air Cargo

Part of Saltchuk

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Decent place, it's not the best company out there but it's not the worst either. - Anonymous employee Northern Air Cargo Employee Review

4.0
Jan 30, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Overall good place to work. People are friendly and seem satisfied to work here. The company is not struggling. Decent benefits - 401k is 100% match up to 3% and then 50% match 2% after that. Healthcare - Low deductible plan or HDHP plan with HSA. They'll match a certain amount that you contribute into your health savings account to east the high deductible. Vacation is 2 weeks starting, 3 during 2-5 years, and 4 weeks at 6+ years. Standby tickets on Alaska Air and other Alaska based airlines but you must get prior approval a few weeks in advance. Tuition reimbursement of 75% including fees if the classes pertain to any job at NAC whatsoever. Other Misc benefits - $200 yr for gym membership, AT&T discount, free dome access, 75% discount shipping with fedex from anchorage intl. facility only.

Cons

Downsides, well NAC has been owned by parent company Saltchuck for at least 5 years or so but ever since they also acquired Aloha Air Cargo and Strat Air, the people at NAC feel like they've been put on the back burner and also the company is extremely top heavy now. NAC management now manages much of the other companies too and most of NACs hard work and resources (airplanes) now go to them. Pay is slightly below industry standard. Also, the 737-200 fleet is getting very very old and the employees don't have confidence that management has a plan to replace them, especially for the Alaska flying.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2025
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CEO approval
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Pros

Pay is good, Crew scheduling always try their best to accommodate your work schedule.

Cons

Management needs to get their stuff together

3.0
Aug 12, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

4-10's work schedule (sometimes), flight benefits, good medical insurance options, employer matched 401k, good place to get experience in the industry before so you can build your resume and work for a better company...if you still want to work in aviation when you're done.

Cons

The company wants to be a large company and compete with larger carriers, but it is not that. Wouldn't be a huge deal, but they treat employees like it's a huge airline and not a small, homegrown Alaskan company. End result is management is disconnected from the workers, nobody seems to care about getting to know employees because there's a sense that high turnover is to be expected. So you get no benefits of working for a small company (like close relationships with managers or a sense of being on a team) and you really don't get benefits of working for a huge company (small workforce so PTO puts everyone in a pinch, no breaks during a 10 hour shift, etc).

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