Originally Posted by
BYOB
I'm a little confused as well. I thought your contract was 13 or 14 on (based on a 30 or 31 day month) and the company could extend you up to three additional days bringing your total days away from home to 17 max.
Would you (current employees) say that it's pretty typical to be gone 17 days/month, or is the norm to be gone 13/14? Any info on which domicile/equipment generally work 13/14 and which domiciles/equipment are extended to the full 17 days?
One more question, I've read on here that some guys prefer to do a block of all of their work at once versus splitting up the month and subsequently their days off. Any idea if the newly hired are working all of their days on in one block or if they are able to split trips and days off throughout the month?
Thanks in advance or your replies!
You "owe" the company 17 days a month. They can extend you 3 additional. You can volunteer beyond that. There is no such thing as "typical" with Atlas, beyond that fact that things always change. If anyone here is expecting to bid a line, or have one assigned and have it hold up...you're in the wrong place. What happens with equipment / domiciles and flying and extensions varies by the day...hell, by the hour. The customer controls that a/c and can (and does) make changes to suit their needs.
New hires will get what their seniority can hold. At the risk of sounding snarky, if you have questions like this, you NEED to read this entire thread. A long time ago, the best advice was to plan on seeing the USA in the rear view mirror on Day 1 and look for it in the windshield sometime on or after Day 17...and everything in the middle was not yet confirmed. Plan it that way and you'll be fine. If you need more certainty beyond that, you probably should cross Atlas off the list.