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The hiring has been ramped up to a much higher level than ever. They are trying really hard to expand a lot, as there are many contracts open if we can add enough pilots.
Now taking a lot of guys with no jet time, no turbine pic, and no time above 18,000', + no international experience. They have changed the training to get guys with much lower experience through class. 747 upgrade under 5 years...767 about 4??? Years. -777s coming this year.
Bought a 767 SIM, and another 747 electronic cockpit trainer. Training in 3 places in MIA, plus ANC and DEN. Considering LUX for more sim time.
Adding aircraft, instructors, check airman, support people, etc. Contract negotiations underway...6 months early.
IPads for line pilots to use with no paper this month. Total revamp of all manuals in process. "Next Gen" CDUs hardware and software coming to all aircraft. Flows and checklists for all three aircraft to be as standardized as possible.
PM me if you have specific questions.
Now taking a lot of guys with no jet time, no turbine pic, and no time above 18,000', + no international experience. They have changed the training to get guys with much lower experience through class. 747 upgrade under 5 years...767 about 4??? Years. -777s coming this year.
Bought a 767 SIM, and another 747 electronic cockpit trainer. Training in 3 places in MIA, plus ANC and DEN. Considering LUX for more sim time.
Adding aircraft, instructors, check airman, support people, etc. Contract negotiations underway...6 months early.
IPads for line pilots to use with no paper this month. Total revamp of all manuals in process. "Next Gen" CDUs hardware and software coming to all aircraft. Flows and checklists for all three aircraft to be as standardized as possible.
PM me if you have specific questions.
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Now taking a lot of guys with no jet time, no turbine pic, and no time above 18,000', + no international experience. They have changed the training to get guys with much lower experience through class. 747 upgrade under 5 years...767 about 4??? Years. -777s coming this year.
Now taking a lot of guys with no jet time, no turbine pic, and no time above 18,000', + no international experience. They have changed the training to get guys with much lower experience through class. 747 upgrade under 5 years...767 about 4??? Years. -777s coming this year.
But you always like to spread the gossip don't you?
Requirements are STILL 1500 TT minimum and 500 turbine!
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You DO need an ATP for atlas, but there is no PIC requirement, and no jet time required, and no requirement to fly above 18,000. Like the rest of the industry, we are getting less and less experienced applicants and new hires as time goes on.
You need a U.S. passport or green card...sorry if you don't have one of these.
You need a U.S. passport or green card...sorry if you don't have one of these.
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Atlas buys Southern Air...
Atlas Air to acquire Southern Air for $110m
Atlas Air to acquire Southern Air for $110m
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For those that interviewed this past week, it was nice to meet several of you. I am thrilled to be in the hiring pool now, and I hope to see some familiar faces when we get a class date!
Regards,
AA
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If invited to an Atlas interview, remember, everyone you come in contact with is part of the process. Any one of them can say NO. So watch what you say even during the facility tour.
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I just found this re the online test:
ProPilotWorld.com
9Jan2016
First_at_Flight
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100 questions 60 minutes
When using the FAA ATP focus on WX, Aerodynamics, Runways/Airport markings, lighting and signage, Flight physiology (most questions seem to have come from these categories)
Seemed up to 75% of questions asked were from ATP bank alone.
Questions that were not from this bank included
Difference between QNE, QNH
NAT Deviation procedures
JEPP chart symbols and interpretation (believe most were departures from JFK)
Wx Chart Symbols (for this I had a poster board with printed out symbol and abbreviation banks from ICAO and FAA publication you can find by googling)
The different climb segments and how they are calculated and terms used to describe them
Metric conversions ie, mb to ft
RVS conversion to SM
I felt completely comfortable taking the test after 4 days of studying ATP questions and the older material that is floating around
Hope this helps
9Jan2016
wingedmunkie
The test bank seems to vary, whether it's tailored to your background I can't say. That said, when I took the test in November there was not a single question referencing anything beyond U.S. borders. Lots of ATP style questions. Lots of weather products (text and graphic), instrument procedures, and aerodynamics. Lots of people claim to do it as a team effort; I did not, thinking it would slow me down but I still passed. The time goes fast though. Best advice I can give is to pick the low hanging fruit first and then go back for the rest; don't spend time trying to look things up unless you know exactly where to find the answer. Good luck!
9Jan2016
First_at_Flight
propilotworld.com
100 questions 60 minutes
When using the FAA ATP focus on WX, Aerodynamics, Runways/Airport markings, lighting and signage, Flight physiology (most questions seem to have come from these categories)
Seemed up to 75% of questions asked were from ATP bank alone.
Questions that were not from this bank included
Difference between QNE, QNH
NAT Deviation procedures
JEPP chart symbols and interpretation (believe most were departures from JFK)
Wx Chart Symbols (for this I had a poster board with printed out symbol and abbreviation banks from ICAO and FAA publication you can find by googling)
The different climb segments and how they are calculated and terms used to describe them
Metric conversions ie, mb to ft
RVS conversion to SM
I felt completely comfortable taking the test after 4 days of studying ATP questions and the older material that is floating around
Hope this helps
9Jan2016
wingedmunkie
The test bank seems to vary, whether it's tailored to your background I can't say. That said, when I took the test in November there was not a single question referencing anything beyond U.S. borders. Lots of ATP style questions. Lots of weather products (text and graphic), instrument procedures, and aerodynamics. Lots of people claim to do it as a team effort; I did not, thinking it would slow me down but I still passed. The time goes fast though. Best advice I can give is to pick the low hanging fruit first and then go back for the rest; don't spend time trying to look things up unless you know exactly where to find the answer. Good luck!
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Southern has 5 777s, and 5 737s.
Atlas mgmt wants us to merge, and then work on a contract...probably end up with a crappy contract that way.
Pilots want to finish their negotiations on the contract, then merge...probably get a better contract that way.
I think long term Atlas will be better, but short term it is messy!
The new contract will be better, in my opinion, BUT:
A little better, or a LOT better, that is the $1M+++ USD question!
Atlas mgmt wants us to merge, and then work on a contract...probably end up with a crappy contract that way.
Pilots want to finish their negotiations on the contract, then merge...probably get a better contract that way.
I think long term Atlas will be better, but short term it is messy!
The new contract will be better, in my opinion, BUT:
A little better, or a LOT better, that is the $1M+++ USD question!
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For those thinking about coming to Atlas, new info from the ExCo, cleared for general publication. In today's hiring binge, you may have better options:
Chairman’s Update
Dear Fellow Atlas Crew Members,
I want to take a moment to brief you on a very disappointing set of events that have taken place over the past two days here in New York City. Your negotiating team came to New York with the expectation of continuing good faith Section 6 negotiations for the purpose of reaching an amended CBA. On the first day, Monday, March 14, the company did not meet with us until 4:44 p.m., and then only to tell us that they had no response to the four outstanding CBA articles which the union negotiating team had presented to them last month. It was obvious that the company had done no work on any of it and, again, was unprepared. This, despite the company’s assurances at the last meeting that its negotiators would return with Article 30 (Uniforms) and respond to the Framework Agreement that we had provided to the company’s senior representatives this past December. Quite simply, the company again reneged on its commitments.
At Monday’s late, abbreviated meeting, the company indicated that it would not be responding to any articles which the union had presented and would not be presenting any proposals of its own either. The company stated that it would, however, respond to the union’s framework proposal on how to proceed with Section 6 negotiations for both the Atlas and Southern pilots.
On Tuesday, March 15, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Local 1224 President Captain Dan Wells received a last minute call from John Dietrich advising that the company would attempt to force the union and the Atlas and Southern Air pilots into an amalgamation process. Dietrich’s plan is to force the pilots to pay for Atlas’ $110 million cash acquisition of SAI and to pay for the more than $100 million in litigation settlement payments and FAA fines that it has racked up over the last few months. Dietrich’s focus is, therefore, to once again deny the Atlas pilots our rightful ability to proceed down the Section 6 negotiations path. A few minutes later, at around 3:15 p.m., the Atlas managers, their lawyers and agents entered for the first time of the day to present their version of what they are calling a “Transition Agreement”. This document is punitive, anti-union, underhanded, and possibly illegal for many reasons.
It is clear that the company is attempting to undermine and suppress the legal rights of our crew members. The path suggested by the company will devastate and set back, in a very detrimental fashion, the lives and careers of most of our pilots.
It is now time for you to voice your displeasure to the company. We must and will remain professional at all times, but we must lawfully and firmly let management know that we will not accept their assault on our jobs, our wages, our benefits and our profession. If we don’t, we will be stuck with our current CBA or something less. The company says it recognizes that the world has changed and is not seeking to cut our pilots’ wages and benefits, but history tells us that Dietrich’s words are meaningless. Our CBA is the product of an amalgamation/interest arbitration, and the company and its lawyers maneuvered that process to obtain sub-standard, arbitrator-imposed contract terms that we are now stuck under. The amalgamation/interest arbitration that the company is pushing for now would require an arbitrator to choose terms from our sub-standard CBA or worse, Southern Air’s bankruptcy contract. The company anticipates that it will take 12-15 months to reach its objective. That timeline is based on the company’s intention to force the pilots to accept it. The company has also indicated that if we do not accept its plan, the process will drag on for many, many years. The company’s entire approach is not acceptable.
I will have more details as we move forward. I can assure you that this EXCO and your union will fight tooth and nail with everything at our disposal and more. However, we cannot do this without you doing the same. The time is now to engage forcefully in what will be a long, hard-fought war between Atlas Air and us, the crew members.
Fraternally,
Captain Robert J. Kirchner
Executive Council Chairman
APA Teamsters Local 1224
Dear Fellow Atlas Crew Members,
I want to take a moment to brief you on a very disappointing set of events that have taken place over the past two days here in New York City. Your negotiating team came to New York with the expectation of continuing good faith Section 6 negotiations for the purpose of reaching an amended CBA. On the first day, Monday, March 14, the company did not meet with us until 4:44 p.m., and then only to tell us that they had no response to the four outstanding CBA articles which the union negotiating team had presented to them last month. It was obvious that the company had done no work on any of it and, again, was unprepared. This, despite the company’s assurances at the last meeting that its negotiators would return with Article 30 (Uniforms) and respond to the Framework Agreement that we had provided to the company’s senior representatives this past December. Quite simply, the company again reneged on its commitments.
At Monday’s late, abbreviated meeting, the company indicated that it would not be responding to any articles which the union had presented and would not be presenting any proposals of its own either. The company stated that it would, however, respond to the union’s framework proposal on how to proceed with Section 6 negotiations for both the Atlas and Southern pilots.
On Tuesday, March 15, at approximately 3:00 p.m. Local 1224 President Captain Dan Wells received a last minute call from John Dietrich advising that the company would attempt to force the union and the Atlas and Southern Air pilots into an amalgamation process. Dietrich’s plan is to force the pilots to pay for Atlas’ $110 million cash acquisition of SAI and to pay for the more than $100 million in litigation settlement payments and FAA fines that it has racked up over the last few months. Dietrich’s focus is, therefore, to once again deny the Atlas pilots our rightful ability to proceed down the Section 6 negotiations path. A few minutes later, at around 3:15 p.m., the Atlas managers, their lawyers and agents entered for the first time of the day to present their version of what they are calling a “Transition Agreement”. This document is punitive, anti-union, underhanded, and possibly illegal for many reasons.
It is clear that the company is attempting to undermine and suppress the legal rights of our crew members. The path suggested by the company will devastate and set back, in a very detrimental fashion, the lives and careers of most of our pilots.
It is now time for you to voice your displeasure to the company. We must and will remain professional at all times, but we must lawfully and firmly let management know that we will not accept their assault on our jobs, our wages, our benefits and our profession. If we don’t, we will be stuck with our current CBA or something less. The company says it recognizes that the world has changed and is not seeking to cut our pilots’ wages and benefits, but history tells us that Dietrich’s words are meaningless. Our CBA is the product of an amalgamation/interest arbitration, and the company and its lawyers maneuvered that process to obtain sub-standard, arbitrator-imposed contract terms that we are now stuck under. The amalgamation/interest arbitration that the company is pushing for now would require an arbitrator to choose terms from our sub-standard CBA or worse, Southern Air’s bankruptcy contract. The company anticipates that it will take 12-15 months to reach its objective. That timeline is based on the company’s intention to force the pilots to accept it. The company has also indicated that if we do not accept its plan, the process will drag on for many, many years. The company’s entire approach is not acceptable.
I will have more details as we move forward. I can assure you that this EXCO and your union will fight tooth and nail with everything at our disposal and more. However, we cannot do this without you doing the same. The time is now to engage forcefully in what will be a long, hard-fought war between Atlas Air and us, the crew members.
Fraternally,
Captain Robert J. Kirchner
Executive Council Chairman
APA Teamsters Local 1224
