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Originally Posted by UPDRAFT
Can you folks explain how this basing and gateway thing works. Some say you are home based but I say that there are set bases like JFK, LAX, etc. How would it work if you live in lets say Dallas.
Thnx.
As stated above, Atlas will
always buy you a ticket to and from your home (gateway) to where ever your trip starts and ends. No more jumpseating to work! Sometimes it will be on the day before your sequence starts or the day after it ends. They will also always buy you a hotel room if necessary for your pre/post-trip rest. No more crashpad! And sometimes they will with hold the "imputed income" tax.
I am starting my third month on the line and I am still impressed. The hardest thing is the 17 days away. If you can't do that then don't apply. It is the same number of days away as many other airlines but usually the days are all in a row. That said, I have just been awarded a 60 day line with two 8 day trips and one 17 day trip (not all concurrent - about a week off between them all).
My first two months I have had a 14 day trip worth 76:40 and a 17 day trip worth 79:08.
It's true (as posted a hundred other times here) that they
will change your trip many, many times during your sequence so if that's a problem, you won't like it. Me? Couldn't care less. Roll with the punches and about half the time your schedule gets better.
I'm doing everything I can to get my fellow furloughees on here. It's basically what we had been doing, but with much nicer planes and a future.
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