Originally Posted by
sandrich
After a few inquiries, I'm going to infer that it's because of the insane backup of IOE. I know someone from a Nov 747 class who still hasn't even touched the airplane yet... 3 classes, ~30 guys each, 3 months wait for IOE. That's $400,000 that Atlas is shelling out for guys to just sit at home. I'm sure there's more.
As for the rumors of furlough, I'm willing to bet it's just a threat against the union.
I'm willing to bet they won't be hiring the 700-800 pilots since Amazon chose to go with ATSG instead of AAWW. As any outsider looking in can see that the pilot workforce at Atlas is not a stable or reliable one. Making us more like Southern won't accomplish that goal either. Any other potential customer looking for large regular lift will see the same thing. It looks like Atlas management has made the decision to focus their resources on arguing with us as opposed obtaining new business. My opinion from where I sit.