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Originally Posted by nightsky2
ATI application window is open 22 April - 3 May. If you are interested in learning about working here I suggest you read the beginning of this thread where I explained what I think about this place. Training is excellent. Work group is professional. I stand by my previous statements. Contrary to some heated counter-posts, I’m just a regular line pilot.
Thanks NightSky! Put my app in on the 22nd when the window opened. Hoping to get a call for an interview soon.
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Don't mind the haters out there, some people are never happy, no matter what they have. It has always amazed me when people go to work for a company, knowing prior to doing so what the pay rates are, the schedules etc., and then complain after the fact. Thats like buying a car that you know has engine problems and then taking it back to the dealer a week later, demanding they fix the problems!
It all comes back to coveting what others have. I just read an article sent out in APC's email updates. It was discussing Amazon and how they are to blame for low pilot pay and working conditions in the ACMI industry. While Amazon may drive what individual contracts pay, it is the individual operators (and Unions) that determine pay rates and working conditions, not Amazon. Now I am not saying that I am an Amazon kool aid drinker, but people need to realize that, if you want UPS or Fedex money, then do everything you can to go work for those companies. Comparing ACMI flying to Fedex and UPS is comparing apples to oranges.
If safety is an issue, then by all means, pilots should always speak up about those issues, but comparing pay rates and claiming "my company pays 33% less that company x" is just silly. We all know pay rates before we take any of these jobs. If we network beforehand we can also learn about the schedules and other working conditions as well, before we even interview.
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Sorry for the rant, just get tired of the complaining, unless its constructive and for good reason (such as safety). I am sure this post will incite more hating.