Atlas Air Hiring
07-16-2018 | 02:41 AM
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Furlough? Stop making up crap... the consistent message has been "not enough crew" from union and the data seems to support that. Company still has to take delivery of 5 more Amazon aircraft and 2 more 747s this year. Truth is no more 747 classes this year but 767 hiring wil continue. Regardless, How can they furlough when there's already insufficient manning? Moreover, attrition numbers show us averaging 15 lost pilots per month. No need to furlough if we were overmanned, they could lower manning by just stopping hiring. The current 1 year look back shows hire 4 lose 2 (400 ish hired in last year and 200ish attrition). Let's leave the made up crap to the other side. The truth here is bad enough without fabricating fake rumors of a furlough.
07-16-2018 | 03:54 AM
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I agree that the furloughs are unlikely in the near term. As far as hiring continuing, the union has only been informed by the company of 2 more (767) classes for the year - including the one that started this morning. As you stated, the 747 hiring is done for the year. Also, yesterday’s vacancy award showed no new hires on either fleet - the first time in over 2 years that that was the case.
07-16-2018 | 05:04 AM
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Atlas wouldn't be the first company to hire until they furlough.
And yeah, with the company structured the way it is today, we're short on crews. But it doesn't have to stay that way.
Just food for thought, but one way to address the pilot shortage here would be to shed customers, "right size the operation", and just serve the most important ones (Amazon/DHL) with the crews we have.
So, the stock price drops because of that? Big deal, the execs have been cashing out for the last couple of years. They have more than enough.
Wouldn't be the craziest thing I've seen these guys do.
And yeah, with the company structured the way it is today, we're short on crews. But it doesn't have to stay that way.
Just food for thought, but one way to address the pilot shortage here would be to shed customers, "right size the operation", and just serve the most important ones (Amazon/DHL) with the crews we have.
So, the stock price drops because of that? Big deal, the execs have been cashing out for the last couple of years. They have more than enough.
Wouldn't be the craziest thing I've seen these guys do.
07-16-2018 | 05:06 AM
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DHL just announced the purchase of 14 777 Fs and options on 7 more. Who will fly these planes, not Atlas in their current state of a dumpster fire. Aero-Logic probably.
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07-16-2018 | 05:23 AM
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I agree that furloughs are not necessary or in my opinion likely. However we are dealing with a management that is running the Frank Lorenzo Playbook chapter and verse. "Furlough to focus minds" is chapter 13. Their stated goal is to have a contract in place that the pilots will "never" vote on. They will not walk away from the amalgamation option because that is exactly the clause they have staked the business on. Deliver us up on a silver platter to Bezos with a multi year lowball contract in place. Again I'm not promoting a furlough rumor.
07-18-2018 | 10:34 AM
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07-18-2018 | 04:00 PM
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07-20-2018 | 01:11 AM
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I believe the MIA TC as much as I believe BK. Guess it will be a wait and see thing. Hopefully BK didn't drag this out to the backside of the hiring curve losing leverage for us. Maybe he started believing his own propaganda vs past charted facts by his volunteers.
07-20-2018 | 04:15 AM
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07-21-2018 | 12:35 AM
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I was just in MIA TC and no mention of furlough. There was a mention of a class in late Dec and same pattern as last year. No/little hiring latter part of year, TC instructors fly 4Q and all returns to "normal" after new year.
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