Lots of questions to be answered in the days ahead. If you weren't ALL IN before, you should be now. Welcome to all the Southern brothers and sisters, we're all in this together.

 

X2! Let's get this done!

 

Come on Dutch, let's not get bent out of shape until we have a reason to. Who knows, this may be a good thing in the long run. Look on the bright side, at the very least we eliminated a competitor and got rid of the Florida west threat....

 

Hi guys,

Truly had a great time at the interview. Seemed like they really went out of their way to make everyone feel welcome and at ease. They did say "Don't ask us about the aquisituon of Southern, we just found out about it same as you." They have classes to fill and are doing business as usual.

Started with the film about Atlas, it's history and business. Pretty well done. I was fortunate to do both sections (HR and tech) before lunch, we were released after lunch if both sections completed. Both were about 30 min. I was done early, so I caught the bus to the beach for the afternoon.

The general consensus was that the HR part was more intense (didn't really rate as intense, but more so than the tech). One representative from HR and two pilots, one of whom which was a union rep. HR asked why Atlas and wanted to really make sure you were ok with the lifestyle. The pilots asked about a time CRM worked in the cockpit and how I would handle a captain using nonstandard procedures. Also about what I felt would be the most difficult thing for me in training and how would I prepare for it. Then if I had questions for them.

The tech portion was more of a conversation about my experience and some talk of how Atlas does training. Very pleasant time.

They had at least 4 different teams for bot HR and tech, so your experience may differ.

Also 3 line pilots came in over lunch and let us ask questions. We could freely ask whatever as no interviewers were in the room. That was nice as the group asked some good in depth questions. Overall a great experience.

Some notes if you stay at the Hilton doubletree: there is no rate for Atlas, that would've been a nice touch as its about $200/night. Also, don't buy the $18 breakfast, they had a nice spread in the interview area with fruit, pastries, juice coffe and such. A good lunch as well.

Good luck everyone!

 

AKpilotdude,

First, are you sure you are a pilot, $200 for a hotel room, really, heck you probably bought your USA Today!

Second, did you put some of those pastries in your flight bag for later? This too is a test. A true Atlas pilot would put pastries, fruit loops, a bagel, and probably some bacon in their bag for that 'just in case moment' just sayin........

Seriously good luck!

cargo

 

Hear, hear!

Whether you're on the Atlas or Southern list, solidarity is the key to a good contract.

 

I attended the last FAPA job fair to visit Atlas. I received the test the next morning, took it immediately and passed. Last Friday (the 15th) I received the phone interview and we talked 20/25 minutes. I thought that the conversation went really well. At the end of the call the recruiter mentioned that they were just gathering information on people at this time, and the hiring manager would review my file. If interested, they would call me for a face to face interview.

I had heard that the current round of interviews this week were already filled. I was just wondering if anyone else had received the phone interview between last Friday and today and given the same information. I am a little concerned that I did not get an offer for the face to face interview at the end of the call. I am hoping it was just that they had not picked dates for the next round. Any additional information would be much appreciated! Thanks.

 

I was also curious if they got the number of interviews over the 4 days this month that they were hoping for. I heard 180-200 was desired (45-50) per day. Anyone care to piece that together?

 

There were about 48 on Monday and 45 or so on Tuesday...

 

There were a couple people I spoke to who had 2-3 days notice and Interviewed on Tuesday, but I wouldn't be too concerned yet.