Atlas Air Hiring
#9483
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Position: Ex USAF, ex-ATA , currently Atlas Air 747 CA
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With the exception of DHL flying, the best way to approach the flying schedule here is to bid your days off, plan on being out 17 days and pretend you are on reserve out in the system. The difference between this and actual reserve is that you aren't tethered to your phone and only have to check your schedule once every 10 hours. Perhaps in the next contract there will be language that will provide compensation for these changes but for now this is the reality. I don't mind the changes; it's part of the adventure for me. It does get under the skin of some folks, though. If any newcomers to this thread are reading this and haven't perused the previous years' worth of posts then it's very important to realize the following: Your schedule WILL change on the 747 (I can't speak to the 767 so you folks please chime in) and it WILL change often. If that will be a problem for you then Atlas will not be a good fit. If lack of rigidity in your schedule isn't a big deal then you will enjoy flying to lots of interesting corners of this planet with some pretty cool people.
#9484
JFK is still the senior base (I'm a 01/2013 hire and can't hold it), but movement off the 767 will be starting up this month and next. We'll see what happens after that.
With the exception of DHL flying, the best way to approach the flying schedule here is to bid your days off, plan on being out 17 days and pretend you are on reserve out in the system. The difference between this and actual reserve is that you aren't tethered to your phone and only have to check your schedule once every 10 hours. Perhaps in the next contract there will be language that will provide compensation for these changes but for now this is the reality. I don't mind the changes; it's part of the adventure for me. It does get under the skin of some folks, though. If any newcomers to this thread are reading this and haven't perused the previous years' worth of posts then it's very important to realize the following: Your schedule WILL change on the 747 (I can't speak to the 767 so you folks please chime in) and it WILL change often. If that will be a problem for you then Atlas will not be a good fit. If lack of rigidity in your schedule isn't a big deal then you will enjoy flying to lots of interesting corners of this planet with some pretty cool people.
#9485
Some decent info for hiring information hit the wire today on the 767 side. I don't want to share specifics since it may be considered privileged, but 767 hiring is looking like it'll be going full bore into early 2015.
#9486
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Joined APC: Jun 2014
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The new vacancy award should be out this afternoon... I'm hoping the 767 guys finally get to start bidding over to the 747. That's gonna open up a TON of 767 new hire spots...
#9488
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I'd expect Atlas to be hiring 100-150 a year for the next two or three years... Just an opinion. We've got around 40 retirements a year plus attrition to the majors with the possibility of expansion.
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