Originally Posted by
atpcliff
Atlas is better than Kalitta, but not by a lot. Kalitta has Home Basing, which is something that Atlas needs to retain more pilots. Atlas has better work rules, overall.
Home Basing is nice, but depending on where one lives and where they are base and the pattern start end times one could easily commute on Day 1 and Day 17 of the pattern.
While I was at Atlas, as soon as I got out of ANC and based down to JFK or ORD, it was easy for me to commute on Day 1 and Day 17.
While I will say, home basing would have been nice. It is not the issue that was driving pilot attrition.