Originally Posted by
DC8DRIVER
Fewer and fewer pilots are staying at Atlas.
The latest chart shows an average of 200 pilots a year leaving for greener pastures. Of those who haven't left yet, a vast majority have applications out and plan to leave.
I can assure you that the decision making process of those who have not left is sound and they have chosen to stay and fight (or to fight until they move on!).
The decision making process that should be questioned is the one that leads pilots to make the decision to come to Atlas today.
Stay and fight? Really? Fight for what? Fight for whom? I would hope that there is no fighting from the pilot group going on. If there is, then they are getting their asses kicked.
Bottom line is this. Pilots from the middle of the pack up are not seeing very many of the problems whined about on this thread. They make decent (not standard) money. They work decent schedules. They very seldom if ever pay imputed taxes. In short they stay because their life is not at all the life of the pilots below the middle.
The problem for the pilots is that it will be a long time before the industry gets back to the point where pilots in the bottom half are again free to leave due to a pilot shortage. However, this is not all bad news for the pilots in the top half. By the time the industry returns to where it was pre-Covid, the Amazon thing may be decided. There will be a clearer path for the pilots to see without the specter of sale or breakup in the mix. Atlas will need pilots to fly the planes. There will be no pilots unless they offer compensation. Atlas will see that it will be a favorable ROI and do it. Unless the pilots sign another long term contract.....
So, potential new hires. Go to Atlas as a stepping stone. Great people to fly with. Nice aircraft, and good destinations once you learn how to work the system a bit. Weigh that against all of the problems portrayed above. They are real problems and you will be dealing with them.