Atlas Air Fleet Type differences
07-30-2022, 05:19 AM
#522
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Joined APC: Dec 2007
Position: 747 captain
Posts: 1,562
You will be in a haze, not sure what year it is, let alone what day! Cramped in a confined space with 75% the oxygen content at sea level and a couple of guys trying to sleep. You're not exercising on the flight, you will be trying to remember your name.
07-30-2022, 07:10 AM
#523
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
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08-07-2022, 08:51 PM
#528
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: Capt
Posts: 3,215
747: most money. Most schedule changes. Leave the country on day 1 and return on day 17. 90% overseas. Hard on your body. OK pay. Bad QOL.
777 (from what I gather): DHL. Laps around the planet to the same places. More stable schedule. Mellow folk.
767: junior flying is domestic Amazon and DHL. Senior flying is international DHL and AMC pax. Week on week off (10 days on or 6 days on). Not so hard on your body. Bad pay. Decent QOL.
737 (from what I gather) Hang out around CVG lots. Fly 20 hours a month.
Some southern person can correct/update me. Hope this helps you select a fleet or class date.
777 (from what I gather): DHL. Laps around the planet to the same places. More stable schedule. Mellow folk.
767: junior flying is domestic Amazon and DHL. Senior flying is international DHL and AMC pax. Week on week off (10 days on or 6 days on). Not so hard on your body. Bad pay. Decent QOL.
737 (from what I gather) Hang out around CVG lots. Fly 20 hours a month.
Some southern person can correct/update me. Hope this helps you select a fleet or class date.
We have a new schedule for bidlines, where you can bid for a year schedule of 17 day lines, and know your scheduled days of work (which you might not have to work), for the whole year. That is optional.
If you live in MIA, ANC, LAX, JFK, you can be home a number of days during your pattern, depending on your bidline. Some of those pilots are home 20+ days/month, with a normal work schedule.
08-07-2022, 08:56 PM
#529
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: Capt
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Most of the above is correct, but this last part depends on your base, and the schedule. At ORD 747 base, a LOT of trips start/end not in base, so you don't have to travel on your days off. I have one in two patterns from now: My trip starts in JFK, but I'm not based there, so my airline flight to JFK will be my first day of work, not my last day off.
08-07-2022, 08:59 PM
#530
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Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: Capt
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No. You are not supposed to go in the cargo hold during the flight. On the 747, there is room to workout, if the plane is not so full. If it's a BCF (pax converted freighter 747), then there is more room to workout.
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