Originally Posted by
V1AutoPilot
No K4, and I've read a fair amount of the threads. Plenty of friends at Atlas and WG. Many on 767 / 747 for Atlas.
Leaning towards Atlas seeing as I don't mind working extra for some pay. Probably stay until Delta or Southwest offers come (probably 5-8 years on a conservative estimate). Heavy type and international experience can never hurt.
I suppose I just don't want to go into Atlas blind and find any strongly sickening info too late. Care to hit me with some mines I'll be dodging? Besides the whipsaw and contract negotiations. If Atlas wants to keep Amazon a contract is inevitable and I imagine will be Kalitta pay at minimum for industry standard.
You absolutely can NOT count on working overtime at Atlas as a new hire. Everything at Atlas is feast or famine and subject to change at any moment.
Some of us are trying to remain optimistically hopeful, but I would only come to Atlas as a last resort at this point.
From a pilot's perspective, the CEO and his right hand man are committing corporate suicide. They have squandered 100's of good pilots and now have a wrongful death lawsuit on their hands. Some of the participants will be lucky is they avoid criminal charges.