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Old 08-16-2016 | 12:51 AM
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I know this isn't an Atlas thread and I don't usually get involved in this stuff, but a guy up here in Alaska I fly with just interviewed there on his last rotation home and received the job offer with an unknown class date. He has all c207 piston time and very little multi. So Atlas seems to be a who you know not where you come from type company(his cfi works there).
Anyway I would think a guy from AMF with lots of turbine PIC single pilot IFR would go somewhere better than Atlas/Polar.
All of our 135 single pilot guys here in Alaska seem to leave straight for Jet Blue, Alaska or Frontier and skip the regionals/knock off cargo operators.

Out of curiosity why is AMF so bad considering they pay more than most entry level multi jobs and are a quick route to PIC time? Plus a type rating that would make easy transition to a king air job if the airline route didn't work out. Not being a dick just really want an inside opinion.

PS my father is a retired chief pilot from the ol' US Airways out of the west coast and when I asked about Ameriflight he said he had no clue who that was lol. He always says that he never looked at the previous employer that detailed it was about knowing they could hand fly by the "seat of their pants" he started as an old school metro liner/1900 guy. He said I can train you to push buttons at the right time but I'm not gonna teach you how to fly lol
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