Originally Posted by
744driver
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.
2000-1776= 224*$100= $22,400
to rent a Cessna here in San Diego. Granted that drops to ~ $6k with a .3 conversion factor.
I don't know anyone that works at Atlas. Saw the planes on the ramp at KMIA while deployed to Cuba and started digging for information. I've stayed at the Airport Marriot 3 or 4 times but didn't know it was an Atlas "hangout" until after my deployment. Good networking opportunity gone astray as there definitely was some good "crew rest" in South Beach. I will apply and put the ball in their court. My philosophy has always been to make them tell you no.
thanks for the advice...