Originally Posted by
climb150
I never said that negative posts on here would effect hiring, just that most people seemed to view atlas as a last resort. As such, when another opportunity arise they would be gone in a flash.
99% of posts on here have been positive since CoVID and I was just wondering when the negativity will return.
When you say the market dictates Atlas pilot shortage/oversupply, do you mean when in a boom they are desperately short? And vice versa? Well most well run well remunirated airlines have a good supply of applications in good and bad times.
You can’t compare the top 5 (3 Majors and Fedex/UPS)with the rest of the airline industry.
Harvard and MIT will never have a shortage of applications either.
So in a normal world everything is cyclical.
Business good, demand is up.
Business bad, demand is down.
The freight market follows a cyclical curve which is offset from the rest of the market as in certain world or economic events may affect it differently. The worldwide airline industry tanked after 9-11 except….freight.
2008-2009 world economic crunch may have affected Atlas more then 9-11 did.
2020 or any other global health crisis will benefit the freight markets.
So….when life is good (2016-2019) the pilot shortage that Atlas encountered wasn’t any more or less then other airlines faced.
Top 5 excluded obviously.
There was a consolidated effort in trying to starve Atlas of pilots by only highlighting the negatives. This was done both in public as well as in the cockpit. This tactic has miserably failed and will backfire as a consequence.
Flying long haul freight takes a different person then flying domestic.
If you prefer to fly to the same limited number of destinations so you can memorize frequencies and procedures and avoid the unexpected then that’s perfectly fine.
Different strokes kinda thing.
If you’re now forced (furloughed) to fly long haul freight you’ll have two choices.
Adapt or be miserable.
Your misery is not the employers fault though, your job doesn’t match your preferences.
So yes you’ll probably bail at the first opportunity to go back to what you’re comfortable with.
Others may discover it’s a good fit.
Others will continue to chase money and their only interest is a better paying job regardless of what the work entails.