Originally Posted by
nattyboh
If I were a new hire based in JFK, would it be possible to break up my 17 days of reserve, or is it solid block? ie a block of 8 and 9 days on or a block of 6, 6, and 5? Or even ridiculously... 2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3?
The last choice you gave...not a snowball's chance in you know where. And if that is the schedule you absolutely have to have...Atlas is not the job for you. It is that simple. Sorry, but that is a fact.
All the rest of the choices above are possible and even likely if that is what you bid...but only after a year or two of seniority -- after some new hires come on board after you, and a few retirements.
But the thing to do is to put up with the bad schedules if this is the job you want...don't just look at the today, and tomorrow. Take a longer view of this job, this lifestyle, and this company.
If you can answer all those questions to your (and your family's) satisfaction, then go ahead and apply for the job.
And by the way, don't forget to read the previous 120 pages...scattered among those pages are some gems of information that might help with the decision.
Good luck...