I had the same experience there on Thursday. Told me to keep updating. She also told me that they hired 68 so far, and plan on about 40 more. Those were different numbers from what I have been hearing. Time will tell.

I got the same aloof vibe. I was kind of disappointed as this was the sole reason I came. I made a beeline there and was the first one to their booth Friday morning and left feeling unsure about the exchange.

Like I said, she didn't mention the crossings to me. But waiting in line for the others and chatting guys up it was mentioned several times that they were told that.

Would explain why I haven't seen any RJ-drivers get an interview since they started interviewing again the first of the year.

Not true, I interviewed on March 12th, with 1 Eagle guy and 1 Expressjet guy. And I spoke to another guy that interviewed on the 13th that was an RJ guy as well. So far the only one I know of that was offered a class from my interview day was the one from Expressjet.

Yeah, Atlas takes a cross section of pilots, I don't think they exclude regional guys, they should definitely apply.

Again, the lady I talked to was very nice, but I didn't learn anything new about Atlas that I didn't already know. I won't go so far as to say I got the cold shoulder, but I sure didn't get a warm fuzzy either.

Wait, I take that back! I did learn you can bid to break up your 17 days on, so for guys who were not interested in 17 straight days away from home, the recruiter told me you can bid to break it up. I'm sure some Atlas guys will pipe up here to say whether that's legit or not, but that's what she told me.

Either way, it's some varied and exciting flying, and sounds great!

Breaking up the 17-day schedules is a hit and miss proposition...seniority, base, equipment, and seat, are factors (as you certainly know). First two in my list likely most important...

I'd recommend NOT setting your sights on that as a new hire, and therefore, you won't be disappointed if you only get those lines...if you (and your life at home) can't hack that schedule, think twice (ten times, actually) about coming here.

Good luck.

That's definitely good advice. If you can't or won't hack three weeks gone at a stretch, I'd look elsewhere. But, three weeks is a lot better than four and a half months, with the same crew.

Flying back tomorrow? So is my husband, I told him to tell the FAs I work at Atlas and ask to say hi/thanks to the crew. It's a neat plane and I'm sure they would show you the front and entertain any questions. I was hoping to meet the jet in ETAR Monday but unfortunately I'll be at BWI waiting!

Are there any magic numbers for 6 or 12 months time. I just got re-qualified in C17 after several years of staff and can retire next year. I am logging about 10-15 hrs a month. 90 percent of my ocean crossings were before 2004.

That's great to hear! There haven't been any on here who posted their quals and I was beginning to think they'd shifted their focus.

Encouraging...

My class last month had several RJ guys and a couple corporate types as well.