Originally Posted by
Tenacvols
Damn....read this entire thread over three days only to find out that I'm short of the required time.... 4 months until I can retire and I'm flying a desk.... 1776 total time, ATP, all military. 1944 with .3 conversion factor. Is the 2000 hours an insurance thing? 17 days on, 2 weeks off, no ground job, fly around the world, sign me up!!!!!
Go rent a Cessna 150 or some such bug smasher and get to the 2,000 hours...
In the mean time, apply anyway. Call any and all favors in, if you know anyone at Atlas, it may help get your application in the proper pile.