The fourth option might be to come to Atlas, endure the current contract and working conditions, and have some seniority when you help us hammer out a new strong, fair, and enforceable contract.

Then you can enjoy some seniority, a great company, AND a decent contract.

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To be fair, there are much worse places to work in this industry. While I do my part to uphold contract compliance, I've found that issues generally get resolved in my favor without a grievance filing. There are certainly improvements that must be made before Atlas could be considered on-par with any Legacy carrier, however. In my short year and a half here, I consider Atlas a second-tier airline with a third-tier contract.

But really, not being a cheerleader here... We have it pretty okay here. Could be better, but there are companies out there that are much, much worse. As I've said on the private forum, the glaring issue to us on the lower end of the seniority list is that seniority means nothing until the 3-year equipment lock is up. Our seniority list is really broken for those of us <3 years on property.

 

Not sure if that's gonna happen, this would send the wrong message to those candidates sitting in the pool. The fair thing to do is empty the pool first, then call the World & North American pilots.

 

Skids, when did you apply? When are you retiring, what's your background, etc (any internal recs?). I'm retiring in Aug and I'm wondering when/if the call/email might ever come. I'm also worried that I'm not quite what they're looking for (all those things they ask about on the PAQ). I'm a legacy C-130 guy, so: very little jet time or FMS time, just a few ocean crossings. I'm a T-1 IP now, so I'm getting a bit of jet/FMS, but it's still just a small part of my overall experience.

 

I am sure with your military experience, American, Delta, FedEx, Southwest, Hawaiian, United, or UPS would snap you up in a heartbeat and you would be better off for it.

 

Biman’s NY flight now to resume in mid-August
Muhammad Zahidul Islam Foreign Affairs

The national flag carrier invited an international tender last month for CMI and received offers from eight carriers but its board of directors could not be satisfied with any offer

Biman has shifted the date for resuming its Dhaka-New York flight from June 4 to mid-August as it failed to hire any category 1 carrier with crew maintenance insurance (CMI) from tender proposals.

The national flag carrier invited an international tender last month for CMI and received offers from eight carriers but its board of directors could not be satisfied with any offer, officials said after a meeting of the Biman board held on Tuesday.

Currently Biman Bangladesh Airlines is listed as a category 2 carrier according to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which never allows any flights of category 2 operators to land in New York. The FAA will, however, allow Biman if it subscribes to any category 1 flight services.

Biman received offers from the Breaking International Air of Finland, China Southern Airlines, Omni Air International and Omni Apico White Airways from Portugal, Air Atlanta of Iceland, Atlas Air from the USA, Eagle Express and Egypt Airlines.

“Although we found lots of response, unfortunately the offers are not satisfactory enough and that’s why the board of Biman has decided to offload a fresh tender for CMI soon,” Biman’s Managing Director Kevin Steele told the Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday.

He said: “That is why Biman needs more time, and it may resume the service in mid-August.”

Earlier Steele had declared that Biman would resume operating direct flights from Dhaka to New York from June 4.

“I am sorry that we couldn’t manage everything and stick to our declared plan. That is why, this time I am not saying anything confirmed, but the whole arrangement is going on to start the flights from mid-August,” he said.

Steele, a British citizen, is, however, leaving Biman on April 19, eleven months before his contract tenure ends.

Biman’s New York flights were grounded in 2006. Although the FAA listed Biman as a category 2 carrier on December 2, 1997, it did not stop Biman’s flights as it had allocated a regular slot for the flights.

Restarting Biman’s flights to New York was an election pledge of the Awami League before the 2008 general election, but Sheikh Hasina’s government failed to fulfil the promise.

The FAA is scheduled to visit Dhaka later this month but as the other arrangement has not yet completed, the Biman authority may request them to reschedule the visit, Steele said.

The Biman MD had planned to lease two Boeing aircraft from category 1 Egypt Airlines for the route, but the board changed that decision as

Biman currently has four brand new Boeing 777s.

When contacted about the resumption of the Dhaka-NY flights, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon told the Dhaka Tribune that resuming the flights was a top priority of his ministry.

“Biman will fly on this route soon again. But we have to follow some formalities before that happens,” he said.

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I interviewed yesterday. Great experience and great group of folks I interviewed with. I don't know if the actual HIRING preference will be extended to the World bubbas, but out of the group of 13 yesterday we had:

- mil only 3
- corporate 1
- me (I'm special)
- rest were World, so 8

And from what I heard the groups interviewing the two prior days were similar in makeup. Again, don't know if they are hiring more World folks but they are definitely the majority of those interviewing.

For those wondering, the format has changed as previously stated (or at least it changed for us). The essay and resume review are/were gone so it was only a tech panel interview with 2 and then the panel interview of 4.

Finally, DB from HR said she would be notifying us via email in about 2 weeks to let us know how we did...guess they aren't doing the FedEx deliveries anymore.

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Well, I'm still waiting for a call from them too.

I don't prescribe to the theory that "military guys are automatic hires." (at the legacies). I'm being patient, keeping my apps updated, and searching for other options in the smaller segments of the industry (small charter/cargo, air ambulance)... maybe do some flight instructing while I'm waiting.

My question here was about trying to assess what kind of military guys that Atlas seems to be calling. The few Atlas contacts I've made seem to be from the Tanker world. Don't know what chance I have as a C-130 guy (though I've seen mention of C-130 hires earlier in this thread).

 

I interviewed on Wed. I'm a former C-17 guy. All the guys I know at Atlas are C-17 guys. Former kc-135 guy interviewed with me. But he had also flown cargo after the military.

 

[QUOTE=Mox Nix;1639484]Well, I'm still waiting for a call from them too.

I don't prescribe to the theory that "military guys are automatic hires." (at the legacies). I'm being patient, keeping my apps updated, and searching for other options in the smaller segments of the industry (small charter/cargo, air ambulance)... maybe do some flight instructing while I'm waiting.

My question here was about trying to assess what kind of military guys that Atlas seems to be calling. The few Atlas contacts I've made seem to be from the Tanker world. Don't know what chance I have as a C-130 guy (though I've seen mention of C-130 hires earlier in this thread).[/QUOT

Two of the three mil only guys were Herc guys and I have Herc time as well so I wouldn't consider it any different than any other mil heavy/large time.