atpcliff

I, basically, work very few days off, and yet I have very high airline and hotel status.
For example, Aug I had 18 days off. This year, I volunteered and picked up a few work days in April, and no other months.
If you live in base, which means you aren't flying to/from work, and you don't have as much opportunity for Alternate Travel, then, yes, you won't be airlining so much, and thus won't have as high a status.
Also, if you do 17 day lines, you only commute once roundtrip. I had 3 work patterns in Jul and Aug, so I got a lot more airline miles than I would've if I had 17 days on a row.
I try and bid 30 day lines, which are 3 or more work patterns in two months.
You can bid a fixed-pattern schedule, which means 17 day (or less) work patterns each month, which is good if you don't want to commute. You also will know your schedule for the whole year (mostly).

ACMIguy

Of course you can feed your kids with your hotel status. Those continental breakfast buffets at Hilton Garden Inn are full of nutrition for a growing family. Think outside the box.

JohnPaulGeorge

Now that’s funny right there!

C17B74

Make sure you snag generic Q-tips for offspring hygiene and mints from the Oakwood for the kids dessert, toothbrushes/toothpaste for family oral cleanliness and notepads from the Narita Garden hotel for your kids to write on with pens from the Ritz in Almaty to include xtra utensils from the Doubletree breakfast takeaways for your home tent. Shampoo, conditioner, soap and lotion is your discretion while it lasts. I kid, but some do stretch it out.

*If Tabasco were available to guests I can guarantee that would be missing.

AboveMins

That's a darned good plan! May as well swipe the ANC PB&Js out of the galley to send them to school with too. We should start a new thread- "How to save money as an Atlas pilot in 2022" haha

dera

Those pens from the Ritz are very nice.

C17B74

And the lounge is quite nice. Need to get one of those wine dispensary units no doubt. It did take me a minute the first time I stayed to find all the hidden room controls. If you leave earlier than normal breakfast times, just put in an order delivery to the room. It’s the Rodeo drive of Krazaktown. Like many of our accommodations it’s not a Hilton Garden or Holiday Inn Express…

TransWorld

Their crackers are very nice, as well. I buy them at the store.

Hawkerdriver1

National has been paying to transport its foreign pilot employees, mostly Aussies, to their homes, all over the world, & back, during their rotations. I understand Atlas is doing this as well? It definitely has increased retention at National.


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CRJJ

If mgmt did that then every US citizen living overseas should be getting exactly the same treatment. We all work under the same CBA, no favoritisms.