Thankfully, you are incorrect about that. There is no “training contract” or any such nonsense at Atlas. My advice was more to point out that if your dream airline won’t hire you without X number of hours, just to be aware that you probably won’t build nearly as much time at Atlas as you would at a regional. I’m on the 767, and I don’t think I’ve ever flown over 300 hours in a year, which is great for quality of life. But it’s not great if your goal is to log 3,000 more hours as quickly as you can.

No, we have a number of guys and gals here who don’t have degrees (myself included). If your desire it to work on a degree on the side, then reserve lines on the 767 are an excellent way to do so.

Sponsorship?
 

There is a rumour up here in Canada that Atlas is offer Sponsorship for foreign pilots.
Any truth to this?
Thanks

Only Australians for now.

Thanks
That’s too bad

Sponsoring non-Aussies takes closer to a year and is subject to annual quotas that often get filled up in Q1 of a year, so it doesn't really work well for pilot hiring.

Sounds good, thanks

I suspect the majority here don’t have degrees, nothing factual but we talk a lot regarding backgrounds having plenty of time in the air. Not something required here by any means obviously and mine were for previous employment and does nothing for me here. We have an amazing group from all walks of life, definitely a hodge podge of characters who have some fantastic information/ideas/hole in the wall aspects of life I doubt you will find as much of anywhere else. We just be pilots roaming the world always having to show a passport but never a degree. If your sights are beyond us like FedEx or any slim to none carriers that require one than perhaps go get it. Otherwise higher requirements of most any sort have been dropping like flies over the years. Even Delta dumped their requirement this year. Makes you think doesn’t it, hmmmm.

*Plenty of time in the back of a 74 to comfortably finish a degree if you desire. 777/767 as well is just a guess on my part or during some great layovers. RyeMex mentioned Reserve lines which is a fantastic idea.

Anecdotally I’d say that it’s about 50/50 having a degree or not.
What is very interesting about Atlas is that we have from all walks of (pilot) life with all sorts of interesting stories.
We have everything from Riddle Rats to former Mig pilots to US Navy Submarine guys.
I’ve flown with people that have been missionary pilots in Papua NG and recently with a former US Navy rescue diver.
Makes for interesting conversations on the oceanic crossings.

Was he a real rescue diver, and not the guy we have running around telling everyone he was a Seal, EOD, and a bunch of other stuff, when he was just a Boatswain's mate?