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I would be very cautious wanting to join Atlas at this point. The company has mentioned that they intend to use Florida West (Non union **** carrier with horrible work rules) as an alter ego, and not merge them with Atlas/Southern. They will play the whipsaw game, which means that eventually they will move airplanes from the Atlas and/or Southern certificates to the FW certificate to prevent Pilots from having a descent contract. What that means for new guys hired at Atlas or Southern is a probable furlough in the not too distant future. They are playing the regionals game because they don't want their Pilots to get an industry standard contract, they do want to utilize them as much as possible but don't want them to get paid for it. They are reaping the profits this company makes with their huge salaries and bonuses.
These people are really upsetting everyone who work so hard in this place and they will leave once they get their money and leave a huge mess. This could be a great place to work at, unfortunately, it's not.. not with people like that at management level. There are much better options out there, even some regionals are better at this point. I'm new there and my resume is up to date with many carriers and some part 91 too. I think they aren't grasping what is going on in this country with the Pilot hiring going on everywhere and the pool of applicants dwindling down. I told 4 of my ex co-workers who were interested in Atlas to stay put and look elsewhere. There are much better options. |
WOW! What a difference 7months makes. I took their online test 7months ago(took me three years to get), didn't study as I was in Upgrade Class at the time so I didn't pass. Now as I'm looking to restart that whole process I cant believe what I'm reading. I'm beginning to think that was a blessing in disguise.
It pains me to hear whats happening. Best of luck to all the great guys and Gals there. |
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run forest run !!!!!!!!!! |
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I've been the last guy to be negative at this company but even I'm concerned at this point. Who knows how it'll play out. |
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Guys and Gals, I am truly sorry to hear of the latest developments but did none of you see this coming? The 121 charter/supplemental world has ALWAYS been like this. World is gone! They were around the longest, the Pan Am of the charter binness?
Here's a list from like the end of the war until today none of which are still around; Riddle/Airlift Saturn/Transamerica Capitol ONA Mentioned World already Metro/Tower Air Zantop X 2 Universal Guy America Arista Air America Modern Air A ton of outfits in Miami-Millon, Challenge, Rich, Arrow. I mean come on. It will never change and yes, they will use Southern Air part 3 to screw you. |
Even if/when they do use FW to whipsaw the Atlas/Southern group, who are they realistically going to hire to go fly those jets?
If so many people are now staying away from this Atlas/Southern mess, who would sign up for a "career" at FW... under even worse contractual conditions? There's always going to be a handful of pilots that have their foot firmly planted on the gas pedal in the race to the bottom (Pilots that left Southern Air to fly for Western Global Airways, for example :eek::eek::eek:) but how many jets can they realistically staff? Rhetorical questions they are, but for AAWW to honestly think this type of maneuvering in the age of a pilot shortage never before seen is unbelievably foolish. ------ On a side note, is this Captain Carlson's private airport, complete with it's own WATER RUNWAY by his home in upstate NY??? https://www.google.com/maps/place/As...e645d61a3a1281 AirNav: NY89 - Fairbank Farms Airport |
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