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03-08-2022, 06:40 PM
#121
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Originally Posted by akfrtdwg 57
You aren’t getting 20 days in Anchorage. You might see some months like that for sure. Probably even better. But on Average as a very senior FO I was still away from Anchorage 11-12 nights a month. That’s as an FO. As a Capt it will vary drastically with the shift in seniority and Anchorage is a pretty senior base at the top end just like every other base. So seniority gains will pretty much halt at the 50% for a decade or so.
03-08-2022, 08:03 PM
#122
Rubber dogsh#t out of HKG
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Originally Posted by Swakid8
You already get 13 to 14 days off a month. Being ANC base depending on the length of your trip you will get hard rest in base quite a bit. Considering the flying out of ANC starts by going to ICN then from ICN-China/HKG-ANC and bam 2 day pumpkin.
When I was based there, I saw hard rest at least 1 to 2 times a pattern unless I started in a different base and the company found a way to utilize me out of Japan often like they did at the beginning of the year.
This is on the 747 only and the only base that on the 747 were ANC base folks get hard rest in base. If you are based in the lower 48, forget about it. Once you leave base, you won’t see it until the end of the pattern.
When I was based there, I saw hard rest at least 1 to 2 times a pattern unless I started in a different base and the company found a way to utilize me out of Japan often like they did at the beginning of the year.
This is on the 747 only and the only base that on the 747 were ANC base folks get hard rest in base. If you are based in the lower 48, forget about it. Once you leave base, you won’t see it until the end of the pattern.
This is not true. I am JFK based on the 767 and I recently got heavy rest. It doesn’t happen as often as ANC 747, but it does happen in other fleets and bases.
03-08-2022, 08:17 PM
#123
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Originally Posted by Radials Rule
This is not true. I am JFK based on the 767 and I recently got heavy rest. It doesn’t happen as often as ANC 747, but it does happen in other fleets and bases.
03-08-2022, 10:05 PM
#124
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Originally Posted by akfrtdwg 57
You aren’t getting 20 days in Anchorage. You might see some months like that for sure. Probably even better. But on Average as a very senior FO I was still away from Anchorage 11-12 nights a month. That’s as an FO. As a Capt it will vary drastically with the shift in seniority and Anchorage is a pretty senior base at the top end just like every other base. So seniority gains will pretty much halt at the 50% for a decade or so.
There are a few new FO’s at Atlas that go out of their way to tell everybody how great it is…how much they make every month but is extremely unrealistic…and they will never back any of it up with names, pay stubs, etc….anything verifiable.
Then again…maybe they’re not actually pilots but just management plants.
03-08-2022, 10:12 PM
#125
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Originally Posted by HPIC
How DARE YOU question new hires that tell everybody that it’s all rainbows and unicorns at Atlas!! EVERYBODY gets 170 hours a month credit and is home 20+ days a month! 😂
There are a few new FO’s at Atlas that go out of their way to tell everybody how great it is…how much they make every month but is extremely unrealistic…and they will never back any of it up with names, pay stubs, etc….anything verifiable.
Then again…maybe they’re not actually pilots but just management plants.
There are a few new FO’s at Atlas that go out of their way to tell everybody how great it is…how much they make every month but is extremely unrealistic…and they will never back any of it up with names, pay stubs, etc….anything verifiable.
Then again…maybe they’re not actually pilots but just management plants.
I am just a commuter, I am looking forward to my shorter commutes now that give me back a full day of one my days off.
03-08-2022, 10:13 PM
#126
In a land of unicorns
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Position: Whale FO
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Originally Posted by HPIC
How DARE YOU question new hires that tell everybody that it’s all rainbows and unicorns at Atlas!! EVERYBODY gets 170 hours a month credit and is home 20+ days a month! 😂
There are a few new FO’s at Atlas that go out of their way to tell everybody how great it is…how much they make every month but is extremely unrealistic…and they will never back any of it up with names, pay stubs, etc….anything verifiable.
Then again…maybe they’re not actually pilots but just management plants.
There are a few new FO’s at Atlas that go out of their way to tell everybody how great it is…how much they make every month but is extremely unrealistic…and they will never back any of it up with names, pay stubs, etc….anything verifiable.
Then again…maybe they’re not actually pilots but just management plants.
20 days might be a stretch, but 17 is doable for guys who live in ANC.
03-09-2022, 05:33 AM
#127
All is fine at .79
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If one day extra at home is make or break for you then you’re applying at the wrong place.
How many times do we have to say it, now repeat after me:
Budget minimum monthly guarantee
It’s 17 days away for me!
Budget minimum monthly guarantee
It’s 17 days away for me!
Budget minimum monthly guarantee
It’s 17 days away for me!
How many times do we have to say it, now repeat after me:
Budget minimum monthly guarantee
It’s 17 days away for me!
Budget minimum monthly guarantee
It’s 17 days away for me!
Budget minimum monthly guarantee
It’s 17 days away for me!
Last edited by TiredSoul; 03-09-2022 at 05:44 AM.
03-09-2022, 09:27 AM
#128
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Originally Posted by OFTRDBN
I went to school up in AK and still have a bunch of friends there. Can you expand on this? How does it work? I’m assuming 74? If this is indeed easily attainable my career calculus has just shifted considerably.
There are management types on here intentionally trying to lure you here. Don't take the bait. What he wrote about layovers in base could not be further from the truth.
03-09-2022, 09:31 AM
#129
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Posts: 6,476
Originally Posted by Fillmore Slim
There are management types on here intentionally trying to lure you here. Don't take the bait. What he wrote about layovers in base could not be further from the truth.
03-09-2022, 09:45 AM
#130
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Originally Posted by dera
Maybe you could add some facts here then? You don't believe in 121.485(b)?
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