Speedbird2263

Thanks guys I appreciate the quick response.

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Talon1011

Welcome folks! I'll be playing 'You Bet Your Job' in my annual PC simulator the last week of May so perhaps we'll cross paths around the grill.

rmr1992

I haven't heard anything recently, what's the latest on AQP?

atpcliff

The pool was flushed in 2008/2009, but that was when they stopped hiring completely for about two years. Since then the longest guys have been in the pool has been about 1 year. The longer it goes, the more guys drop out of the pool as they've gotten other jobs. I think with the pilot hiring situation the pool times will be reduced as we go forward.

BYOB

Now if Atlas would just call me to set up an interview... I'm fairly confident that I can get myself in the pool.

Talon1011

Not sure. The company line seems to be that the New York FSDO are dragging their heels. As always, there may be more to the story. I do know that at my previous airline it wasn't this big of a thrash to get AQP up and running.

Radials Rule

To contribute to the survey, I interviewed last week, 5-19 class, 747.

FLYINGE

I had a 767 captain on my jumpseat and he made the 767 at Atlas sound very bad. I think he was based in CVG and he said he does like 2 to 3 legs a night and all night flying for DHL? The reason why I want to work for Atlas is so I can have 13 days off in a row and when I work, I want to do 1 long flight and see different destinations all over the world. However it seems like the 767 is far from that.

Most of the 767 post on here have talked about how many days they end up working and how many on those can be on reserve, and that most flying on the 767 is domestic with a few international. Can one of the 767 guys break down their flying this month and last month? Like how many legs you did each day and where you flew to. Is it all mostly night flying? So if I get hired and end up on the 767, am I to expect DHL flying all night with 2 to 3 legs a night?

NightIP

I'm on the 767, and yes, most of our DHL flying is multiple-leg nights. We do have a NRT-SYD leg, but with the exception of that route and some of the passenger flying we do, most of the flying is shorter-haul.

However, we do get some decent stretches of days off. My schedule for April, May, and June:

5 on / 13 off / 12 on / 9 off / 11 on / 6 off / 12 on / 9 off / 10 on / 4 off

All of those are either 3-leg nights flying DHL in Asia (TPE-NGO-ICN-TPE), or NRT-SYD. Not much variety other than that. All of these international DHL trips begin and end with long deadheads on company freighters, which can get old.

As far as wanting to do one-and-done flying...yeah...us too, but the seat lock discussion has been beaten to death over and over. The 767 will more than likely become the junior airplane soon, so if you really want to work here, don't expect the 747 right off the bat (you wouldn't get it right off the bat at any other decent airline, anyway).

FLYINGE

thanks for the answer NightIP. the TPE-NGO-ICN-TPE flights, do you mind giving specifics? How long is each flight, how long you sit between flights and what is the longest duty day you have had? Do you usually show up at the same time every night for these flights? I suppose if you get your body used to doing the night flying at approximately the same time, you can adjust to that. I was told it's when it changes on you every day where it could wear you out.

Are there also similar flying here in the US out of CVG? And if so, where is the flying to?

The other day I saw a 767 freighter flying out of IAH during the day, and there is always 767 passenger airplanes parked by the Fed Ex hangar in IAH. where these usually fly to?