cool, just going off what an exco member told me yesterday. Either way, looks like people are starting to see that there are much better options out there right now than ole' Atlas Air.

Are you saying that the company only wanted 4 new hires for this class? That number is FAR short of the 18 new 767 pilots every three weeks that SA advertised in his letter last spring. With 20 Amazon 767's on the way, 4 new hires per class is not a very realistic or responsible way to staff this airline.

The more likely explanation is that the newly hired recruits are finding better options elsewhere and no-showing at Atlas.

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It's that 17 day away thing, among other things, that's what chased me away from ACMI and back to my frac, it's tough when you have kids and familia. I loved the job, not the schedule.

How are you folks with a family managing there? Is it doable?

Like you would manage a family at any other airline where you are gone from home. Put in the work and effort to succeed. It takes both spouses to make it work, so make sure your spouse is willing to do the same. If s/he isn't, it probably won't matter what airline you work at.

Exactly- I just finished up from 4 weeks off with no VACA- take the good with the bad...

And I'm 8 days into 24 off. It's a 17 day stretch when I go back to work. Yin to the yang.

You sound like you have the flu.

Nope... I feel great! Apparently there isn't enough flying to call a guy in from home to come to work!

My family has been used to the 17 / 18 / 20 days on and then a block off type of schedule. Works well, there is always a weekend in it to go somewhere, or you can make it a mini vacation. At least the time off is your time, you don't lose several days a month commuting. Drive to work once a month, a whole lot better than having to worry how bad the traffic is going to be every time you need to show up for work.
This is one reason I want to get on with Atlas. If someone just could pull my resume out of the pile....