What? Did you get bored trolling on the ABX and ATI pilots that you decided to come over here?

 

MAGA! How's it going LAXative!!!!

 

For those wanting to live in ANC it's a good deal, but you'll never make what you would at a legacy, FedEx or UPS. You'd probably be gone 10 days a month and could score days on at home. You'd get senior in base at ANC pretty quick too.

 

I catch a whiff of bovine excrement.

 

The company owns you for 17 days a month, not 10, thus you will be gone for 17 days a month. If you are a reserve crewmember, the company can involuntarily extend you for 3 additional days on top of the original 17.

 

Yes the company does "own" you for 17 days but when I was based in ANC I regularly scored plenty of days on in ANC. Someone living in base at ANC would be able to do the same and it would be a good deal for them. There aren't many people who already live there and most Atlas bases do spit you out and you never return to base.

 

done interview on Sept 28th. Show up at the hotel lobby around 0730am. doors opened in one of the hotel conference rooms at 0815am. they take the folder they asked you to bring then talked about Atlas and showed a video about the company. Then they started with the interview 2 phase. for me the first was with HR a lady from HR Dept and a pilot. TMAT, why Atlas about ur career, where else have u applied, what do u do on ur off time and hobbies. Then had lunch then it was technical Q's with a Capt asked to read Metar, Approch plate Q's and brief,STAR Q's,Oceanic Q's which I have experience in, WX prognostic Q's. After that ur done for the day!!

Hope that helps. Good luck!!

 

How would one fare being HSV based and living 1.5-2hrs from there? Still gone 17 straight, or more like 10-12 with 8-10 off or so?

 

I love the flying out of HSV personally... Here's what to expect... You'll probably be able to hold HSV within 6 months the way things are moving, but you'll be on the bottom of the list for a few years. Obviously you'd drive to work and Atlas would pay you mileage. For the most part expect to be gone a full 17 days a month. SOMETIMES there are "Taco Runs" that split up your line and give you a few days extra at home. You might get one of those every two months but probably less than that. "Taco Runs leave on Thursday nights flying MEX-GDL- HSV and return on Friday afternoons. It's grueling flying. On Sunday night you do it again and then you start the rest of your line or have a split line and are done for a few days. Flying out of HSV has a good variety but most of it is going to hostile areas. You'll get time and a half over guarantee for it. So if you fly 30 hours hostile you'll get an extra 15 hours of pay that month on top of your over guarantee. Flying consists of Hostile trips going in and out of Afghanistan from Hahn. Africa trips that are hostile as well go Liege-somewhere in Africa-Nairobi and then to Liege. There are some around the world lines that do a ton of flying out of UAE into Asia and back. During the holidays there's usually a good bit of FedEx and UPS flying. On top of all that random flying drops all year.

 

Any news on a class date yet?