Is there more open time for the 767 or the 747 ?

 

Got the call last week for class 8/10

I applied for 2 years ago and have been updating every 3 months.

Got the online test 5/17
Took the test 5/20 (87 score)
Online interview 6/1
Interview @ Miami 6/11
Poolie email 6/12
Call for class 7/30
Class 8/10

5500 TT, 0 TPIC, 121 FO
No internal recs

Pretty much relied on this thread and the people who post on here. Real class act in here and I am pretty confident its the same on the line. Thank you!

 

So excited to attend class next Monday, Aug 10!

• Invited to take online assessment 4/17/2015
• Passed test 4/25/15 (86%)
• Received phone call 5/27/2015
• Interview 6/10/2015 in Miami
• Poolie email 6/12/2015
• Invite to class 7/31/2015
• Class date 8/10/2015

I have 3700TT and 600 TPIC. No internal recs.

I have to thank everyone on this thread for all the help getting here! To the Aug 10 classmates, see ya Monday!

 

I lived in Florida and was based in ANC. I would leave my house, in the morning, two days prior to my duty day starting (I had to get adequate rest after all). Then I would usually finish about 1pm, go to the hotel for 5 hours and leave 8pm for the warmer weather. I would arrive at my gateway airport in the very late afternoon or after dark. There was absolutely no way around it. The airline schedules to and from ANC are lousy. And don't expect to upgrade. The oil workers pack these flights and have many more miles than any Atlas FO will ever have.

So doing the math, each rotation I gave an additional 3 days to the company for free. With two rotations a month (I've had three) that is six days taken from my days off every month.

Yes fairly often you are sent home a day or two early. But once home you are on home reserve. You are required to answer your phone and be at your gateway airport within 4 or 5 hours. You are still not off. And as I live close to a base, I was called on one of those R1 days (trip never happened).

Just my experience.

 

For the 767, usually you're giving up one day off to get to CVG and get rested. DHL routes have wake-ups at 2 am or so, you have to have rest prior, and you need time to fly in. On the plus side, you get back in @ 1 am, so I'd usually get some sleep at the hotel and take a 10 am flight home.

If you're deadheading to Asia out of CVG, no need to come in early. I'd take the last flight to CVG for those flights.

 

Depends. They only send emails to specific fleets, so hard to tell now. Been getting 5-10/day lately for the 747, both CA and FO.

But don't worry, you won't get to pick your airplane anyway!

 

Got the call yesterday morning and I'm done swimming!


Aug 17th 767 class in Miami baby!!!!


4250TT
1200 M-TPIC
EMB145 Type
BE1900 Type
1 Internal 4 Externals

Started research in 2011,
Started applying in 2012 with regular updates
2 Job Fairs
Test taken March 2015: score 97
Interview invite May 2015
Interview June 2015

Hiring Pool since June 12th
Call for class August 4th
August 17th 767 Class

 

Very nice, I will see you in MIA.

 

Hey guys thanks again for answering my questions!

 

Congrats to all! Still hanging on and hoping for a phone interview. I hear they are quite backed up right now!