Atlas Air Hiring
04-23-2013, 09:36 AM
#6101
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: Boeing
Posts: 543
You're right, it shows what you know...which isn't much.
They're about the most laid back guys and gals you'd ever want to meet and some of the most professional who work in environments most pilots would run away from.
So lighten up. You didn't hear Atlas pilots whining when Delta and others in ALPA considered them "real pilots" because they "only flew freight."
They're about the most laid back guys and gals you'd ever want to meet and some of the most professional who work in environments most pilots would run away from.
So lighten up. You didn't hear Atlas pilots whining when Delta and others in ALPA considered them "real pilots" because they "only flew freight."
04-23-2013, 10:42 AM
#6102
Line Holder
Joined APC: Aug 2009
Position: Certified 747 FNG
Posts: 64
As much I might complain, I prefer that kind of flying to going to DFW, Philly and Atlanta all day, but I am in the minority according to my buddies with whom I stay in touch and drink beer.
Why would Atlas pilots whine about being considered "real pilots?"
04-23-2013, 11:59 AM
#6105
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Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: CE 500 Series Captain
Posts: 47
Hi everyone, I know this is a bit off topic but seems like the best place to get an answer. How is the schedule at Atlas? I have heard that you can be gone from 10-15 days in a stretch and also heard that you are gone for 17 almost each time. When you get back is there a set number of days off or does that vary as well? Thanks!
04-23-2013, 12:18 PM
#6106
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Joined APC: Aug 2009
Position: Certified 747 FNG
Posts: 64
Hoss, it can vary quite a bit. Yes there are lines that have you out for the maximum days, and yes you can be extended a few more, and yes if you bid them, you can get long trips that back up to long trips with predictable results. However, just from looking at my most recent bid package, there are also lines with shorter more frequent trips (and by shorter I mean 5-10 day trips). I'm still pretty new and just looking at the LAX base lines, but there is variety in both days worked and amount of days off.
And, I can say with certainty...that nothing is certain with the lines except when you start, and generally when you finish. Generally.
I'm so helpful I know. LOL
And, I can say with certainty...that nothing is certain with the lines except when you start, and generally when you finish. Generally.
I'm so helpful I know. LOL
04-23-2013, 12:30 PM
#6107
Tuk er jerbs!
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: B747 Left
Posts: 1,342
Hi everyone, I know this is a bit off topic but seems like the best place to get an answer. How is the schedule at Atlas? I have heard that you can be gone from 10-15 days in a stretch and also heard that you are gone for 17 almost each time. When you get back is there a set number of days off or does that vary as well? Thanks!
4 off / 9 on / 10 off / 17 on / 6 off / 7 on / 8 off
Only one big stretch of time away. Hope this helps.
04-23-2013, 02:14 PM
#6109
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: F-16
Posts: 189
So while you guys that interviewed are waiting, is it to soon to be checking the phone every five minutes just one day after submitting my resume? 
Hoping I get to meet at the grill sooner rather than later!
Droopy
(And thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed to this epic thread. It's amazing we're 611 pages in and still on topic with minimal to no sniping going on. Says something about the folks here... Delta aside. :-) )
Hoping I get to meet at the grill sooner rather than later!
Droopy
(And thanks to EVERYONE who has contributed to this epic thread. It's amazing we're 611 pages in and still on topic with minimal to no sniping going on. Says something about the folks here... Delta aside. :-) )
04-23-2013, 03:44 PM
#6110
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2013
Position: A-320 Series
Posts: 145
Kinshasa, Point Noire, Lagos, Bamako, N'Djamena, Urumqi, and then of course all the various war zones, soon to be war zones, and just finished being war zones. In other words places that suck. As much I might complain, I prefer that kind of flying to going to DFW, Philly and Atlanta all day, but I am in the minority according to my buddies with whom I stay in touch and drink beer.
I'm going to take a guess that there is a "didn't" missing in that comment since I frequently get asked by new acquaintances if I am a "commercial" pilot or if I fly freight, i.e. a "real pilot" versus a freight dog.
As much I might complain, I prefer that kind of flying to going to DFW, Philly and Atlanta all day, but I am in the minority according to my buddies with whom I stay in touch and drink beer.I'm going to take a guess that there is a "didn't" missing in that comment since I frequently get asked by new acquaintances if I am a "commercial" pilot or if I fly freight, i.e. a "real pilot" versus a freight dog.
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