Future Atlas pilots, you have to realize if your looking for a chance to fly what only 5% of the pilots ever see and do, where you fly every other day internationally overnighting in safe comfortable hotels in exciting citys....take a breath now...ah ah and be treated like scum which you are in managements sights, only to be on property for a short amount of time as your fate has been predetermined by the hedgefund owners of AAWW (76%). To be a employee of an american company overseas does not represent you in the "fair labor act". Discrimination exsists if you've been paying attension to these posts, those that have travel credit,,and you will not, those that start in their american base,, and you will never see one, those with gate way,,only a dream for those without and a grievance / lawsuit in the present because Schmattless has taxed that travel (home to base). Without the "fair labor act" and not haveing a licensed British work permit this leaves you like a lost soul only to reach out to the "railway labor act". If you have been reading ALPO has not much grasp on todays companys nor remotely protecting the rights of its rank n file. But you can count on paying 1.95% of your gross income to dues. You basically can grieve your pay issues, scheduling, travel credit, training issues but ALPO will give you the standard answer "we will have to fix that on the next contract"! The only place where seniority exsists at Atlas is "outbasing". The perennial thorn in union, if you only flew your line we would need more pilots, more captain slots.
New hire do you see some thread of consistancy here. It is a diverse group of pilots but the largest of non cohesive union brotherhood exsists here at Atlas. The Polar pilot is the opposite and is an issue of contension that I personally doubt the BOD would allow the two pilot groups to share the cockpit together. Fights would break out. You can expect to share difficult scheduling issues like being extended your "4 days" and this will reach into another month and find yourself out for in excess of 30 days. Add this to a very difficult commute. Every time you talk to scheduling or Travel in regards to your ending of your trip you will feel like you have to "ask permission" and something in the form of graveling. Also you will find an attitude of majority of "mission oriented" Captain operation. This is a systemic problem that will reach into all areas of the operation. Maintenance, scheduling, loading. What eva it takes! Some people get caught up in the FAA's gun sites and break FAR's. It could be a simple duty time reg and overlooked because your feeling dog tired. This is by far the toughest type of flying you will ever put your body through. This is not the Legacy Carriers. This is Schmattless. A stepping stone, and surely to make any marriage or relationship enter into troubled waters.