Has ALPA forgotten us?
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#32
Why would Delta offer interviews to Comair when they held Deltas furloughed pilots hostage demanding scope relief 10 years earlier?
#33
Anyway, back to original idea, don’t sell yourself short. If you have an opportunity to go to an ACMI, go for it. You can always leave if that “dream job” with the transcon commutes and two days off in between trips leaves you at a (gag) crash pad on your days off.
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I know a lot of ACMI guys are excited about Amazon, but I for one am not. They’re a terrible company who couldn’t give two craps about labor....not exactly what you want to be dealing with. I hope you’re wrong, as you’ll have 8 ACMI carriers suckling at the teet of Bezos to do the job “just a bit cheaper” than the next guy. IMO, we’ve given Amazon way too much of our hard earned dollar.
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I know a lot of ACMI guys are excited about Amazon, but I for one am not. They’re a terrible company who couldn’t give two craps about labor....not exactly what you want to be dealing with. I hope you’re wrong, as you’ll have 8 ACMI carriers suckling at the teet of Bezos to do the job “just a bit cheaper” than the next guy. IMO, we’ve given Amazon way too much of our hard earned dollar.
Anyway, back to original idea, don’t sell yourself short. If you have an opportunity to go to an ACMI, go for it. You can always leave if that “dream job” with the transcon commutes and two days off in between trips leaves you at a (gag) crash pad on your days off.
Anyway, back to original idea, don’t sell yourself short. If you have an opportunity to go to an ACMI, go for it. You can always leave if that “dream job” with the transcon commutes and two days off in between trips leaves you at a (gag) crash pad on your days off.
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Flying ACMI for Amazon is just the regional game with bigger planes. The rest of that world is a pretty good gig. Very diverse flying, long layovers in great hotels, and you can see the world like most people never dreamed. The long trips are hard on some families, but they’re nothing compared to a deployment. For the families that can adjust, it’s not a bad life.
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Also consider the labor relations history at Atlas. The management is working off of the Lorenzo playbook and has no intentions of changing. Contract negotiations get delayed for years, they have filed lawsuits against the pilots, and there is a reason that they couldn’t come close to filling a class prior to COVID. Now that the market is flooded with people looking for work, don’t expect a contract anytime soon. I don’t know your situation. If you’re on the street, take the job. If you are a senior regional captain on a 175 with young kids, do your homework.
#38
My experience in the mil leads me to believe that toddlers actually do better with longer absences... it's the 5-15 year olds who really feel the pain. I probably missed the toddlers more than they missed me.
The spouse is also a big factor in how the kids deal with it.
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It's not a bad job, as long as you understand what you're getting into. Budget to live on min guarantee, and bank the extra cash you get from CRT if you can. Pay after year one is... "Meh" at best. A few extra days of VX, if they actually use you, make for a more bearable paycheck.
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It's not a bad job, as long as you understand what you're getting into. Budget to live on min guarantee, and bank the extra cash you get from CRT if you can. Pay after year one is... "Meh" at best. A few extra days of VX, if they actually use you, make for a more bearable paycheck.
Man it looks like Amazon is buying up 767s. They are up to something down the road.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michiga...ech-migration/
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