Atlas Air Hiring
08-22-2014, 05:09 PM
#9281
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Joined APC: Jul 2008
Position: Ex USAF, ex-ATA , currently Atlas Air 747 CA
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This is still the best thread for Atlas Hiring, right??? Seems to be drifting to negotiations. While it is useful to see some of the dynamics going on, is some of this better suited for the Union thread also on this board?
For those at Giant, good luck with your next contract. For those wanting to go to Giant...good luck with information gathering.
For those at Giant, good luck with your next contract. For those wanting to go to Giant...good luck with information gathering.
For the record, I am a 5+ year pilot here and am enjoying life immensely. Are there things that can improve? Of course there are. Are things better here than they were at my previous existence? Eminently. Please don't let the thrashings you read here cloud your thinking. Atlas is a good place to be. It could be a better place to be. Come along on board and be a part of making it better!!
08-22-2014, 05:14 PM
#9282
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For what it's worth I agree with you but the rumor I heard was that when that idea was floated by the company they responded with offering $1 a day extra. Just a line rumor and I have zero idea how true that is... My point is that you're not the only one who feels that way.
08-22-2014, 06:16 PM
#9283
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$1 an hour should've been an easy yes. That'd be $24 a day. There's no way I'm going through $24 a day in breakfast. If we can't get together and say "yes" to things like that then we've got issues.
08-22-2014, 07:02 PM
#9284
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I agree with Globemaster. If what you're saying is correct then $24 is more than enough for breakfast. Eat it or save it, your choice. On a 15 day trip that's another $360 of tax free $ or a lot of buffets. Either way, problem solved.
08-22-2014, 09:37 PM
#9285
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If true, that should have been a NO brainer! Our Union MUST always represent the majority and protect at all cost the last seniority number. IMHO, anyway.
08-22-2014, 09:38 PM
#9286
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My point exactly. The more space here that is taken up with Union bickering the less is available for information provided to prospective Atlas pilots. Obviously there is a valuable discussion to be had about internal union negotiation. That belongs in a separate thread. This thread is about how to get hired at Atlas. Pilots who are looking for information about this place are intelligent enough to look on both threads.
For the record, I am a 5+ year pilot here and am enjoying life immensely. Are there things that can improve? Of course there are. Are things better here than they were at my previous existence? Eminently. Please don't let the thrashings you read here cloud your thinking. Atlas is a good place to be. It could be a better place to be. Come along on board and be a part of making it better!!
For the record, I am a 5+ year pilot here and am enjoying life immensely. Are there things that can improve? Of course there are. Are things better here than they were at my previous existence? Eminently. Please don't let the thrashings you read here cloud your thinking. Atlas is a good place to be. It could be a better place to be. Come along on board and be a part of making it better!!
08-23-2014, 02:17 AM
#9287
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Please read Whaledriver's entire answer. He said that it was offered but tied to canceling the separate Polar breakfast grievance also, that they did not have the authority to do. So not the no brainer your saying. My question is did the Exco ask the Polar side if that was an option to move forward for the good of the whole pilot group? Close to 400 a month per pilot would have been nice.
08-23-2014, 03:00 AM
#9288
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Assuming the above scenario is correct, they did not have to ask. Just put it out to the (new, combined) membership for ratification. Not saying it was the all around best way, but that would have sufficed. Plus, they did not even ask (poll) the former Polar group.
SSDD, they just do what they want.
SSDD, they just do what they want.
08-23-2014, 06:06 AM
#9289
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True indeed. To be precise, this is the middle of my 5th year. That's what I get for typing after flying a taco run the night before!
08-23-2014, 11:31 AM
#9290
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Position: 747-400/-8 CA
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My point exactly. The more space here that is taken up with Union bickering the less is available for information provided to prospective Atlas pilots. Obviously there is a valuable discussion to be had about internal union negotiation. That belongs in a separate thread. This thread is about how to get hired at Atlas. Pilots who are looking for information about this place are intelligent enough to look on both threads.
For the record, I am a 5+ year pilot here and am enjoying life immensely. Are there things that can improve? Of course there are. Are things better here than they were at my previous existence? Eminently. Please don't let the thrashings you read here cloud your thinking. Atlas is a good place to be. It could be a better place to be. Come along on board and be a part of making it better!!
For the record, I am a 5+ year pilot here and am enjoying life immensely. Are there things that can improve? Of course there are. Are things better here than they were at my previous existence? Eminently. Please don't let the thrashings you read here cloud your thinking. Atlas is a good place to be. It could be a better place to be. Come along on board and be a part of making it better!!
Is there anyone here who could PM me a copy of the contract? If so I would appreciate it!
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