Atlas Air Hiring
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With this in mind, has anyone had any experience with this mob… https://www.aviationinterviews.com/p...?_t=npxVFJaLHV
Any other recommendations for interview prep sources? TIA.
Any other recommendations for interview prep sources? TIA.
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2017
Posts: 1,337
In the last two years, we've refused to return bailout money. We've expanded our relations with Cainiao shortly after receiving those funds. Now we're hiring on E3 visas. These decisions will have consequences. If pro-labor views come about in future elections, these decisions will harm us. If pro-business views strengthen with coming elections, they'll likely be tied to some level of nativist sentiment. These same decisions will be exploitable even then. Of course, politics, money and relationships go a long way. So none of this happens in a vacuum, and we're only discussing a few of many hundreds of factors affecting our future. Still, we can't keep making moves like these without some kind of blowback.
So my problem is that we're inappropriately holding a door open to foreigners, and we're ignoring the costs.
I do not, however, have a problem with the pilots who are taking advantage of these opportunities. So there's no problem with Australian pilots. If you're here, the only thing I have to say is "Nice to meet you.". The problem is with our hiring practices not the pilots we hire.
New Hire
Joined APC: Jul 2022
Posts: 7
Loadmaster hiring at Atlas
Former civilian loadmaster/on board ground handler for the airlines during the Iraq war. Spent a ton of time in the sand box, and days on the A/C.
Unfortunately I can’t renew my medical or I’d be flying.
How is life these days for on board loadies? I’ve been out of the game for 15 years, but I miss flying.
I know this is a brutal life, but I can’t get it out of my mind.
Do they see hotels more often now? I know the pay isn’t ideal, and there was no mandatory rest 15 yrs ago.
How many days do they spend on board? Any other info on cargo flights would be great. I my experience was wide body Pax flights.
Unfortunately I can’t renew my medical or I’d be flying.
How is life these days for on board loadies? I’ve been out of the game for 15 years, but I miss flying.
I know this is a brutal life, but I can’t get it out of my mind.
Do they see hotels more often now? I know the pay isn’t ideal, and there was no mandatory rest 15 yrs ago.
How many days do they spend on board? Any other info on cargo flights would be great. I my experience was wide body Pax flights.
Former civilian loadmaster/on board ground handler for the airlines during the Iraq war. Spent a ton of time in the sand box, and days on the A/C.
Unfortunately I can’t renew my medical or I’d be flying.
How is life these days for on board loadies? I’ve been out of the game for 15 years, but I miss flying.
I know this is a brutal life, but I can’t get it out of my mind.
Do they see hotels more often now? I know the pay isn’t ideal, and there was no mandatory rest 15 yrs ago.
How many days do they spend on board? Any other info on cargo flights would be great. I my experience was wide body Pax flights.
Unfortunately I can’t renew my medical or I’d be flying.
How is life these days for on board loadies? I’ve been out of the game for 15 years, but I miss flying.
I know this is a brutal life, but I can’t get it out of my mind.
Do they see hotels more often now? I know the pay isn’t ideal, and there was no mandatory rest 15 yrs ago.
How many days do they spend on board? Any other info on cargo flights would be great. I my experience was wide body Pax flights.
Provided by “Locke”:
“disclaimer: I’m not a loadmaster)
The schedule from what I’ve heard is the same as the FMEs: 20 on 10 off
Right now the loadmasters are doing a lot of the China circle with a few doing something random like a military run.
Hotels are hit or miss depending on which run you get. The quality is top notch, but it can be a few days between hotel stops. They used to get a break in December for peak and become station guys in SDF, MEM, etc but I think China has taken that over. It’s a whole lot of Groundhog Day at Kalitta.”
*Always good to have an LM and Mech on board. Definitely can grease the wheels if you will.
It might be slightly better in some respects than you remember and, in some cases, possibly worse, much worse in others. I can't speak for Atlas aircraft, but all Kalitta 744 pure freighters have been converted to "torpedo tube" bunks. This means that the FME and LM have their own semi-private bunk area. The 744BCF planes also have bunks for the FME and LM. The 777 on the other hand has only bunks for the operating pilot and the Supernumery seats are not nearly as comfortable as those on the 747. Sometimes our LM's have to ride all the way around the LAX-SYD-SGN-HKG-LAX circle just to work one of those stops that we don't have a contract loadmaster at. It well and truly sucks for them.
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Joined APC: Feb 2022
Position: A320 FO / Processing Greencard
Posts: 7
Any prospects for 2023?
1700hours Airbus driver Processing Greencard in US .
Expecting to get permanent residency in 2023 July
Atlas is the best option for me among Airlines in USA
Will this crazy number of hiring at Atlas continue in 2023 as well or will it suddenly stop at some point?
Nobody can really knows the answer but just curious about insider's thinking
Expecting to get permanent residency in 2023 July
Atlas is the best option for me among Airlines in USA
Will this crazy number of hiring at Atlas continue in 2023 as well or will it suddenly stop at some point?
Nobody can really knows the answer but just curious about insider's thinking
1700hours Airbus driver Processing Greencard in US .
Expecting to get permanent residency in 2023 July
Atlas is the best option for me among Airlines in USA
Will this crazy number of hiring at Atlas continue in 2023 as well or will it suddenly stop at some point?
Nobody can really knows the answer but just curious about insider's thinking
Expecting to get permanent residency in 2023 July
Atlas is the best option for me among Airlines in USA
Will this crazy number of hiring at Atlas continue in 2023 as well or will it suddenly stop at some point?
Nobody can really knows the answer but just curious about insider's thinking
”greencard holder
Hi I recently got greencard (married to American women )”
What’s gonna be….july 2023 or you already have it, make up your mind
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