Atlas Air Hiring
09-21-2014, 02:22 PM
#9551
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: 757 FO
Posts: 87
Originally Posted by crapgame
all three ,,,AA, DAL, and UAL have some sort of equipment and/or status lock up to 24 months. just sayin
09-21-2014, 02:28 PM
#9552
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Joined APC: May 2008
Posts: 617
Originally Posted by Elusive Napkin
Most of those equipment locks are in place after you choose to bid a certain position. Not after one is assigned to you by HR.
09-21-2014, 02:37 PM
#9553
Tuk er jerbs!
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: B747 Left
Posts: 1,342
Originally Posted by SVA402
Correct. Most major airlines have either a 0 or 1 year seat lock as a newhire and then a 1-2 year seatlock for voluntary moves after that.
Now, I know what some will say: "You knew it coming in!" Yes we did, but what myself and my light twin cohorts didn't know was that they'd immediately hire 150+ guys behind us into the whale with no hope of getting sprung early for good behavior. Most of us involuntarily assigned to the 767 feel like we're just serving a sentence before our seniority can finally mean something at this airline. We're just stuck in limbo while junior pilots are filling vacancies in the bases of our choice.
But, at least they're paid more.
09-21-2014, 02:45 PM
#9554
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Joined APC: Sep 2005
Position: Left Seat
Posts: 466
Originally Posted by Elusive Napkin
Also, you aren't eligible for profit sharing until you have completed your first full CALENDAR year. Which means... A person hired in January of 2013 isn't eligible to begin receiving profit sharing until January of 2015. Then you accrue that year to be paid in 2016.
09-21-2014, 02:46 PM
#9555
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Joined APC: Jul 2013
Posts: 4,662
Originally Posted by crapgame
all three ,,,AA, DAL, and UAL have some sort of equipment and/or status lock up to 24 months. just sayin
Just sayin'......
09-21-2014, 02:50 PM
#9556
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Joined APC: Sep 2005
Position: Left Seat
Posts: 466
You're not listening. In a couple years, long before we get the new contract, seat locks won't matter, natural flow thru will take more than three years. It will take more than three years to be senior enough to move from the junior 767/757 to the 747. Why spend leverage on something that will fix itself?
09-21-2014, 04:10 PM
#9557
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: Capt
Posts: 3,215
Because if we can't get enough new hires to replace those leaving Atlas will start going downhill....could end up with capts being displaced to FO seats because of shrinking pilot force.
The pilot hiding situation is changing rapidly....
The pilot hiding situation is changing rapidly....
09-21-2014, 04:42 PM
#9558
Rubber dogsh#t out of HKG
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: Senior Seat Cushion Tester Extraordinaire
Posts: 620
Originally Posted by Lawn Boy
Hey, cropduster! Congratulations on passing the exam! I, too, have been given the opportunity to take the assesment. I'm in the middle of a trip so I haven't taken it yet. Is there any insight you could provide in regards to types of stuff asked? I have looked at pretty much every page in this thread, gathered up " Everything explained...", atp test questions, WX stuff, even NAT operation manuals, yadda yadda yadda. I just don't want to blow this thing! Any help you could provide would be über cool of you! Anyway, congrats again!
. After all, they encouraged us to take our systems test with group (hint hint) effort.Just don't serve the beer to your pilot friends until after the test.
09-21-2014, 05:50 PM
#9560
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: Knuckle-dragging line pilot
Posts: 943
Originally Posted by Elusive Napkin
This place is a regional airline with heavy jets. Complete with the whipsaw.
Applicants should take heed, but forget trying to get the senior guys to understand, care or sympathize.
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