Captain Dan

R1 is "Home Reserve" .... Home Reserve = 0 hours rig pay, plus zero per diem.
R2 is "Hotel Reserve" .... Hotel Reserve = 4.85 hours rig pay per day, plus per diem.

Whale Driver

R1 is "Home Reserve" .... Home Reserve = 0.0 hours rig pay, plus zero per diem.
R2 is "Hotel Reserve" .... Hotel Reserve = 4.85 hours rig pay per day, plus per diem.

jetjockee

Thanks for all the replays!

Couple more Questions...

I get the impression that breaking guarantee comes from days out and not actual time flown. Would that be a true statement?

Im curious, is there a lot of night flying on the international side.. I understand the 76 CVG ops will be all night and morning but what about the international?
Thanks ahead of time:-)

Sniper

'Night' is such a relative term when flying long haul stuff. If you fly east, you can easily take-off in the 'day' and land in the 'day', but most of the flight was in total darkness, or vice versa. Going west (chasing the sun) it's the opposite.

And then there's the circadian rhythm issues. You can take off in the day, but it is your body clock's night, or reverse.

For me, the hardest flights are leaving the US, going east, after midnight, in the winter. Most of the Atlantic crossing is done in daylight, sun rise right in your face @ what feels like 3 am, and often as soon as I land, night falls. It makes it easier to sleep once you arrive @ your destination, though. Once I'm away from the US, my body doesn't care if its day or night, except when I'm trying to eat - grabbing a meal is hard when you're hungry but most everything is closed @ night. Aircraft catering can substitute, to a degree.

In short, if you don't want to fly @ night, Atlas, or any other ACMI, is not a good job for you.

Twin Wasp

It seems to vary but I hardly ever broke guarantee before the rig. Couple hours one month, straight guarantee a couple and then maybe 10 hours over. With the rig in place I've been getting an extra 20~25 hours more than guarantee these last months.

atpcliff

Some pilots break guarantee on flight time some months.

BayBum38ft

I just finished a trip where we departed Europe mid afternoon flew into the setting sun, landed in the dark, sat on the ramp 3 hours, departed heading eastbound, flew into the rising sun and landed late afternoon. We blocked 15 hours and about 20 hours duty. This is not every day typical but does happen.

captainv

i've only seen the first couple of cargo routes, but looks like it's daylight flying outbound, a long layover and then a redeye back.

jetjockee

Can someone chime in on Medical Benefits, HMO in Network options, Healthcare provider, Deductibles, co-pays, and overall coverage,
basically the over all quality....

Thanks again ahead of time :-)

JonnyKnoxville

There is a thread in the Hiring section with all of the hiring information that you could ever need on Atlas. The latest is that hiring has stopped due to the remaining 747 Classics being parked.