There are plenty of responses about the interview process and the types of questions you can expect...but you have to weed through the previous pages on this thread.

And no, no simulator evaluation. Part of the reason might be that they are able to pick people with many thousands of hours of experience flying various jets...and most of the candidates have big jet experience such as B757/B767/L1011, DC10, MD11, etc.

I'm afraid it is a buyers market right now...so the company can be very picky.

time frame
 

How long is it usually between the time you take the 50 question test and the next contact from HR (assuming you pass the test)?

Mine was next day .

You really are not competitive with those quals (sorry). You need over water experience in a 737 or larger sized aircraft. An internal rec goes a long way to differentiate you from another candidate with similar experience but will not leapfrog you over someone with, say, 747 time and no rec.

Get the PIC time and you'll be competitive at all the major airlines as well.

I have to ask since you are relatively new to the industry, why dead set for Atlas? If it's the 747, trust me, after 6 months it's just another jet. Go to a major, make a million+ more dollars over the course of your career , use 1% of it to buy a type and check that box.

Not bashing Atlas, it was a good gig for me over 5 years.

But still it is 200% better (read profitable, good business plan, good growth, good fleet of airplanes,etc) that even some of the "legacy" carriers.

The lure of the "major" airline job flying passengers (vs. flying "rubber dog$)(* from HKG) is just not that reliable anymore.

Those are the realities of the airline world...the truly reliable outfits to work for are the FDX, UPS, and SWA.

I remember when they were saying that about Braniff and Continental. Five years later Braniff was gone and Continental in tatters.

I remember when they were saying that about USAir and People Express. Again, 5 years was all it took to go from "golden" to "gone." Ditto Gemini and DHL. A lot can change in a short period of time. All it takes is a change in CEO's, a crash, a bump in fuel prices, or any one of a million other things, and what was once the dream-of-a-lifetime job becomes just another hat hanging in your closet.

I'm sure Atlas is a fine company to work for. I wish I was there right now, with about 11 years seniority. But to anybody looking for a job, I would say only this...don't assume that a company that is desireable to work for in 2010 will be so in 2015 or beyond.

It just doesn't work that way.

If you're looking for stability and assurance you're in the wrong industry (go be a nurse if you need that). That being said I'd much rather be here then a place like Delta, Jet Blue, or AT (the current ones hiring).

All indicators point to this being a pretty decent time to get on at Atlas but I'm not naive enough to think anything is a sure thing.

Absolutely right...thanks for clarifying my post.

If you can't be gone 23 days a month (in a row ) you can't afford to ask.

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