Yo Do! I was at Atlas all though briefly. If you want travel, you must bid the 17 in a row. If you live near STN then or can work some thing out with the company that is cheap than STN to where your trip starts than you dont have to bid 17 in a row. Basically if you live in the State and are based in STN you have to bid 17 in a row.
As far as having all of your days off in a row being so great, well its not. First of all you will lose 2 days getting to work and most likely will lose one going home so now you have 10 days off and have been out 20. 20 days away from home is far to long and will put strain and harm on most of your relationship that wont be fixed with 10 or even 15 days of being home. A 20 day trip is nearly 3 weeks away from home and thats far to long. Now some people I know are very lucky and they often arent out that long, and some people bid out of STN very quickly.
Here is some thing to ponder, they are doing all of this hirring but why? They are hiring till the end of the year and maybe then some but the -8's arent going to be there till 2012 or so. So why? Attrition due to the long-haul freighter lifestyle. Before you decide to go there think long and hard about being gone that long.
It is a great company with a very well run operation, unfortunately the STN guys get the very short end of the stick as far as quality of life.
Last edited by IndyAir Guy; 07-07-2008 at 10:21 AM.