Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
Just curious on the gateway thing.
When you say travel on days off, thats on the 13 or 14 days, correct? Meaning that the 17 on results in 19-20 away from home depending on how long it takes them to position you?
That is how I understand it. 13 days off with travel on two of them really means 11 days at home. I wonder if that will change with the new contract.
Also, the pilot group at Atlas has voted to decertify ALPA and go with the Teamsters. I believe the former MEC chairman at Atlas is now the head of the airline division at the Teamsters.
I hope the working environment in the cockpitwill be cordial. At the interview, the Chief Pilot said that both Atlas and Polar use the same procedures and manuals. So, from an operational perspective merging the pilot groups should go easily. As to any animosity between the two pilot groups, I'll stay out of that one.