Atlas Air Hiring
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Joined APC: Oct 2015
Posts: 83
No K4, and I've read a fair amount of the threads. Plenty of friends at Atlas and WG. Many on 767 / 747 for Atlas.
Leaning towards Atlas seeing as I don't mind working extra for some pay. Probably stay until Delta or Southwest offers come (probably 5-8 years on a conservative estimate). Heavy type and international experience can never hurt.
I suppose I just don't want to go into Atlas blind and find any strongly sickening info too late. Care to hit me with some mines I'll be dodging? Besides the whipsaw and contract negotiations. If Atlas wants to keep Amazon a contract is inevitable and I imagine will be Kalitta pay at minimum for industry standard.
Leaning towards Atlas seeing as I don't mind working extra for some pay. Probably stay until Delta or Southwest offers come (probably 5-8 years on a conservative estimate). Heavy type and international experience can never hurt.
I suppose I just don't want to go into Atlas blind and find any strongly sickening info too late. Care to hit me with some mines I'll be dodging? Besides the whipsaw and contract negotiations. If Atlas wants to keep Amazon a contract is inevitable and I imagine will be Kalitta pay at minimum for industry standard.
You can not count on over time. It comes and goes, now with aircraft moving to other operators it’s going somewhere else.
OT goes senior, so as a junior pilot you’ll see very little.
BUT if you’re lucky enough to get overtime, you’ve already put in 17 days of work and don’t forget the two days of travel =19 days.
Now you want to fly more? You’re putting yourself out almost the entire month. Guys do it. But they have no life and no family. They actually consider their family and fun time at work.
When you can’t hold OT, you’re other option is out basing = scheduling ***** for the whole month. Not at home, some other country.
Atlas training is dismal at best, you jeopardize your ticket with a failure.
And once on line, scheduling will hook you up with a potential violation when they secretly removed the safety flags for scheduling hours. There are over a 100 currently affected.
Maintenance is a constant battle to make sure they don’t pencil whip aircraft (which they do). There’s a long list of reasons not to come here, so I would keep researching before you jump in.
If Atless gets their wish wages will be suppressed another 8 years at current book. I think that’s a death wish but their wish none the less.
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Joined APC: Mar 2017
Position: 747 FO
Posts: 26
Once again stonewalled at the negotiating table. This company is constantly playing fast and loose with our careers. While other companies are currently in Section 6 and enacting mid-contract raises to remain competitive in an attempt to corner the pilot market, Atlas is determined to win an arbitrated, amalgamated contract while the talent leaves for greener pastures. This company is a hollow shell of what it used to be and what it could have been. They're even getting destroyed and called out about their weird tactics by their investors on earnings calls. Atlas is a dumpster fire. I'm a 747 Captain weighing a move back to the regionals. It's just not worth my time anymore. I'm leaving tons of money and quality of life on the table while the company tries to bet against proven economic principles.
To change things so that Us Workers are on a level playing field with the 0.1%, will require Us to vote in Politicians that are pro-worker, and pro-America, instead of pro-0.1%.
Once again stonewalled at the negotiating table. This company is constantly playing fast and loose with our careers. While other companies are currently in Section 6 and enacting mid-contract raises to remain competitive in an attempt to corner the pilot market, Atlas is determined to win an arbitrated, amalgamated contract while the talent leaves for greener pastures. This company is a hollow shell of what it used to be and what it could have been. They're even getting destroyed and called out about their weird tactics by their investors on earnings calls. Atlas is a dumpster fire. I'm a 747 Captain weighing a move back to the regionals. It's just not worth my time anymore. I'm leaving tons of money and quality of life on the table while the company tries to bet against proven economic principles.
Suing your pilot group may not be a strategy other management groups want to emulate.
I paid $6,000 in union dues and assessments this year, that was my support and enthusiasm. All in! Keep those newhire pizzas, lanyards, booting and shopping, winery retreats, retarded ATAMs, steak dinners and endless UB coming! It’s a winning strategy and the company is really feeling the pain!
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