Originally Posted by
hawaiicostco
Hi i'm new to part 121. Just curious why you'd classify ACMI as tier 3? Based on your tier listing, why would people generally prefer say, Allegiant A320 over Atlas B747? Or how is Atlas B747 equivalent to small niche airlines like maybe Silver Airways?
I would add work rules and pay. Yes it’s a 747 but it’s paid similar an LLC narrow body. Atlas FO tops out $213/hr and Frontier/Sun country FOs are topped out $180-185. Captains similarly aren’t much better paid at Atlas 313 vs 280.
rates per
Airline pilot careers
Lastly, the biggest drawback I’ve heard about Atlas is
they has/had crazy long trips. Please someone update me if this is no longer true. When I looked into Atlas ~2013, they had 20+ day trips that could be extended over 30 days. That’s too long out to have a life at home, and to me made Atlas impossible to work for.