Apply and also do what you need to do to get the hours. Believe me, It's a great place for a retired mil guy. Yeah, I don't miss that paper work and additional duty desk job either!

 

Most excellent! We have a winner!!

 

Be sure to gather up the FNG's arriving Sunday and get them started right!

 

Go rent a Cessna 150 or some such bug smasher and get to the 2,000 hours...

In the mean time, apply anyway. Call any and all favors in, if you know anyone at Atlas, it may help get your application in the proper pile.

 

To everybody who is short the required hours, apply anyway when the window opens. You never know when you might be called. If you are not networking with the Atlas pilots right now, start building your network.

 

A straight 2 weeks off? not so easy to get anymore with the horrendous "line bidding" contract scheme, and vitually no way to get the DESIRED days off anymore.

Get a glider rating, all time counts toward Total Time....

Soaring Society of America, the source for Gliding in the USA

 

2000-1776= 224*$100= $22,400 to rent a Cessna here in San Diego. Granted that drops to ~ $6k with a .3 conversion factor.

I don't know anyone that works at Atlas. Saw the planes on the ramp at KMIA while deployed to Cuba and started digging for information. I've stayed at the Airport Marriot 3 or 4 times but didn't know it was an Atlas "hangout" until after my deployment. Good networking opportunity gone astray as there definitely was some good "crew rest" in South Beach. I will apply and put the ball in their court. My philosophy has always been to make them tell you no.

thanks for the advice...

 

From the far side of the Bridge....

Resume collection begins 13 AUG

Same hiring process (test included) remains.

Gooda Ruck

 

Do it the old school way like those of us without the military flying logbook but served and engineers that are/were on a leave of abscene:

If you've got military retirement the commuter rank pay won't be that hard to swallow as you get that time built up. Beats dropping money on a Cessna and out of your own pocket. Personally, I would put you in the front of the line here as it shows me you're willing to do whatever it takes flying wise to get where you want to be instead of saying I could never lower my standards and do that type of flying. And finally, if you didn't get hired here it's going to set you up for that next interview at the other airlines. That is, if you really want to fly in the air instead of a desk. The key is to make sure you stay current.

One thing to keep in mind is the PUBLISHED minimums and those getting hired are much higher.

Submit your app here, go to the commuter ranks without a wholier than thow attitude (not saying you would have one), and keep getting that experience until the interviews start coming. After all, you can always go back to a desk if need be.

Good Luck

 

Fox3, a newbie here, (but not to the grill) will be in MIA on the 17th expect something GREAT on the grill the 18th!!!!!

Cheers,

cargo