Originally Posted by
NoJoy
Atlas pilots will have a better idea when a contract is signed.
This is the correct answer.
Right now, you make LONG TERM decisions based on the objective information in hand TODAY. For the last five years, there has been too much uncertainty in the job at Atlas/Southern. Everything from the pilot contract itself, to various customers and the executive leadership playing musical chairs.
If you get an offer at a LCC with a LONG TERM business plan, then you go there for a career move. Atlas is fine to check a box. A lot of Atlas/Southern crews have checked the 121 worldwide PIC box and gone on to have LONG TERM careers at UPS, FDX, etc.
If you don't get an offer at a LCC, then you stick around Atlas/Southern until you see how things shake out or you get a better offer from some other place.