Originally Posted by captainv

FW has one airplane and 25-ish pilots. How exactly would they staff more than, say, one more airplane? You think the FAA would make every pilot on property a check airman to handle a massive expansion?

Originally Posted by overcast

Cliff, there is not yet a pilot shortage. At the piece of crap 1 1/2 airplane overseas outfit where I work are 4 Americans who would love to come back to the US. Problem is we are all late forties and older, 3 are captains, I am an f/o. The captains don't want to start out again as a first officer. All of us are trying to get some form of retirement income and as an f/o at any US airline that will be impossible. Same goes for many other US captains flying at foreign airlines.
Once you pass a certain age (around 45-50) and your company bites the dust there are not many options in the US, going overseas is the only way. I know many US pilots working in the Middle East and Asia, most of them would love to come back. A 12000 hr B744 captain I know just went to a regional so he could be home more.
I have been applying at Atlas for ages. I finally have had 2 phone interviews. The first one I had not flown in a while, so I was advised to get some hours and try a year later, then I had worked for too many companies. Yes, my resume looks like a graveyard of failed airlines. Flown widebody for 12 years, the whale for 4 years now, been all over the globe, dodged the bullet in Afghanistan. And can't even get an interview.

Atlas would be perfect for me. I live where there is a base, a 15 minute ride to work. My family can deal with me being gone for 3 weeks, which is half of what I do now for less time off. I would be happy, wife and kids be happy --> Atlas be happy. I would stay until I retire.

Originally Posted by RyeMex

Has anyone from the March 22-24 interviews heard anything about a class date yet? Still swimming in the pool.

Originally Posted by Av8Nw8T

Calls are going out for middle of June interviews. If you haven't heard anything soon, I would suggest a friendly email reminder.

Originally Posted by RyeMex

Has anyone from the March 22-24 interviews heard anything about a class date yet? Still swimming in the pool.

Originally Posted by PiperPower

Considering the saturated training department and the slow down, would an application that went in today be potentially overlooked? Do they have enough on their plate to ignore apps being submitted now-ish? Curious about timing. I'd really like to apply, but I don't want my app to just get buried during this back-up.