to PTS2, Hi I had passed the online test at the end of April and still no call. I hope they call me soon too.Does anybody got a phone interview after passing the online test at the end of April? Days are turning into years....

 

Over 2.5 years averaged about 70 hours a month with less during training months. I know if your out for 17 days you should get more than that, but the schedulers always find a way to put a day of R1 at the beginning and/or end, plus the lines don't always start/end with full days, so you just get partial rig for those days. Over that time, actual flight time exceeded rig only once or twice, so plan on rig unless you are planning to work open time.

 

Thanks for the information and help. One other question I have is, are there any quirks or issues with the gateway basing? I'm looking to use OAJ (Jacksonville, NC) as a gateway. It's a small regional airport with multiple daily flights to ATL and CLT. Just wondering/confirming it will work as a gateway base?

 

OAJ and ILM are approved gateways.

 

Hey Tim, I'm just a poolie but I'll take a crack at this one. During my interview we had a Q and A session with a fellow from Atlas Crew Scheduling. Someone asked him a question similar to yours, and he mentioned a scenario they recently had where a pilot was living in Tyler, Tx and commuting out of DFW, but wanted to use the small airport in Tyler as his gateway. The travel desk looked at it, determined the Tyler airport had sufficient service, and added it to the list. He said that in general, if there are at least two airlines that have service to a given city, it's likely to be eligible for gateway.

Looks like they are adding cities fairly regularly, my older copy of the contract doesn't show ILM our OAJ on the list.

Best of luck man!

 

pflt & Wano, thanks for the feedback fellas.

 

anyone know if Family members can non-rev (if it's called non-rev) on Atlas flights?

 

Most cargo airlines lost that privilege after 9/11...and that includes Atlas. Our program was very good, and many took their spouses to amazing places. We could not take them while working on a trip (had to be on days off) but still was a great way to travel. I took my misses to Italy for a week...great time.

 

On the nonrev topic, I have seen in the various posts that id90 is available. My current airline agreements for this is pretty extensive. Is this true at Giant as well (i.e. American, United, JetBlue, Southwest, Air France, etc.) ?

Many thanks...got the vm to do a phone interview. 3 years of staying in the game. Written test last week and hit an 87...did not want to raise the bar too high. Humbled.

 

Miami on the 9th. Many thanks for the inputs on this forum. When I come back I will post notes on process/results.

Email for interview invitation/confirmation included:

Fill out the application and EEOO form, forward on to appropriate individuals... Suggest you stay at these hotels.... directions to our building.... 0715 beginning... all-day affair...

"NOTE: You are NOT required to bring your logbooks."

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Questions for the forum:

#1) Confirmation email did NOT include info on dress code. I've seen "don't wear a tie" on the forum only. I am prepping for full business suit environment.

#2) No response from HR to confirm what "logbooks not required" means. Does this mean 1) not necessary to bring all your original/hard-copy logbooks, or 2) not necessary to bring any flight records at all?

Have other interview candidates gotten confirmation on #1) and #2)?