Atlas Air Hiring
04-10-2011, 04:57 PM
#1471
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Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: Knuckle-dragging line pilot
Posts: 943
Current Atlas pilots,
What do you use for a phone on the road? iPhone/Android? If an iPhone, Verizon or AT&T? Is there some around-the-world plan to avoid the super-expensive roaming charges?
My current phone died today, so figure I might as well upgrade while i'm swimming...
Thanks!
What do you use for a phone on the road? iPhone/Android? If an iPhone, Verizon or AT&T? Is there some around-the-world plan to avoid the super-expensive roaming charges?
My current phone died today, so figure I might as well upgrade while i'm swimming...
Thanks!
04-10-2011, 05:07 PM
#1472
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: Boeing
Posts: 132
Most guys use Skype to phone home. Guys that do use phones have the run of the mill flip phone and purchase sim cards in the respective cities they want to use the phone (DXB, HKG, PVG).
That is the majority but there are guys that have the AT&T IPhone.
That is the majority but there are guys that have the AT&T IPhone.
04-10-2011, 06:22 PM
#1474
Tuk er jerbs!
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: B747 Left
Posts: 1,342
Originally Posted by captainv
Current Atlas pilots,
What do you use for a phone on the road? iPhone/Android? If an iPhone, Verizon or AT&T? Is there some around-the-world plan to avoid the super-expensive roaming charges?
My current phone died today, so figure I might as well upgrade while i'm swimming...
Thanks!
What do you use for a phone on the road? iPhone/Android? If an iPhone, Verizon or AT&T? Is there some around-the-world plan to avoid the super-expensive roaming charges?
My current phone died today, so figure I might as well upgrade while i'm swimming...
Thanks!
04-11-2011, 04:00 AM
#1475
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Joined APC: Apr 2007
Position: 747
Posts: 1,290
At my old job, when overseas I used the video chat capabilities of my Macbook. I could watch the kids from the middle east for hours, helping with homework, give the better half a break, etc. Free over the internet.
04-11-2011, 10:07 AM
#1476
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: F-16
Posts: 185
Skype
I'm not Atlas either (We'll see what happens when I retire from the AF in a couple years), but I do get to spend some time overseas. (And I may have slept in a Holiday Inn Express last night!)
I use Skype quite successfully overseas. For those of you with Verizon Androids, their Skype Mobile is locked into using 3G and not wireless (ie won't work overseas). That being said, you can still download the Skype app (Not Skype Mobile) and it works like a champ on wireless...
Clear Skies!
Droopy
I use Skype quite successfully overseas. For those of you with Verizon Androids, their Skype Mobile is locked into using 3G and not wireless (ie won't work overseas). That being said, you can still download the Skype app (Not Skype Mobile) and it works like a champ on wireless...
Clear Skies!
Droopy
Last edited by Droopy; 04-11-2011 at 10:10 AM. Reason: I ain't needin' no grammar learnin'!
04-11-2011, 06:17 PM
#1478
Line Holder
Joined APC: Dec 2010
Position: Dash-8 CA
Posts: 36
Did the phone interview today. Questions like, Why Atlas? Is there anything in your background that will come up in a security check? Any FAA action or training problems? What do you think will be your biggest obstacle in transitioning to a job like Atlas? How will you deal with schedule changes? Why are you a good fit for Atlas?
Got the link.
Got the link.
04-11-2011, 10:51 PM
#1479
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Joined APC: Jun 2005
Position: Under the Frog
Posts: 1,125
Question on living abroad and gateway cities
If you live overseas in a city serviced frequently by Atlas, (FRA, HKG, VCP) do they still require you to make it back to the US to a gateway city to start your trip?
Or can you pick up an Atlas flight from your home city and just start your trip there?
Thanks!
Or can you pick up an Atlas flight from your home city and just start your trip there?
Thanks!
04-12-2011, 04:46 AM
#1480
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Position: Boeing
Posts: 132
Pilots live around the globe here at Atlas. They make it work in any scenario. Plan on the worst case where it is up to you to get to a US gateway city to get to work. If you get the job then there are plenty of guys you can get advice from for your particular commute. Good luck!
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