nosnibor

Wow - finally made it to the end

captainv

plus $55/day per diem, which you won't come close to using during your two months in the school house. free breakfast every day and free dinner 3 nights a week at the hotel.

and so far, on the 767, training pay is the first four months. curious if we'll see a real airplane sometime in month 5.

744driver

For those of you that want to keep track of the Atlas fleet of aircraft...

CH-Aviation - Airline News, Fleet Lists & More

3 B747 Classics
4 B744-LCF operating for Boeing
4 B744 pax
17 B744 freighters for various customers
2 B767-300ER pax airplanes
5 B767-200 freighters to be delivered after -F conversions during this year
3 B747-8 freighters yet to be delivered

Above does not count the 6 airplanes (all B744F's) that we (Atlas and Polar crews) operate...

DC8DRIVER

Well ... Did they call back?

And have you started the online test, yet?

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Malex4u

Big pow wow meeting with management and check airman/instructors today. On the 747 side the projection is for only three classes this year. So, maybe 30 pilots at the most getting hired? I didn't find out about 767 pilot needs. There are a lot of classic pilots who will need transition training so that will keep the training center busy.

I heard this all in a noisy hotel bar over beers. Take it for what it's worth.

DC8DRIVER

I think I heard something similar to this last year when I was at the school house. My own personal guess is that they "plan" the classes based on some short term projection knowing that more classes will be needed - but not announcing or scheduling them now. If the classics go away as planned this year, the addition of the dash 8's will absorb the classic pilots that transition over to the 400. And if we do indeed get the 5 ABX 767-200's, the left seaters for those will come out of the right seat of the 747's and those 747 seats will need to be filled by new hires.
But, like all the really good pilots out there, I am an eternal optimist.
YMMV


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ThrustMonkey

So the online test is now 100 questions? I thought it was a 50 question test to be completed in 60 mins?

hvydvr

It's 100 now. Read this thread and you'll have a good line on a fair number of them.

baam7700

That's correct, the test is now 100 questions to be completed in one hour. And do take it seriously cause its definitely challenging. There's questions on NAT weather deviation procedures, TAFs (wind direction - true or magnetic) and METARS, JFK ILS 31L procedures, CAT 11 approaches, runway lighting (color of last 2000/3000 feet of edge and centerline lights), at least 6 weather symbols (so do print out weather symbology for quick reference) and much more.

Try to have at least two laptops running simaltaneuosly with another pilot available to quick-reference stuff on google. And outside of all the prep books recommended in this thread, do have the "Everything Explained for the Professional Pilot" next to you. The information in there is straight forward and concise! Definitely good to have available when you have less than a minute per question.

Keep a timer handy and do not spend more than a minute per question as you will find yourself rushing at the end once you realize that time is running out. A better plan is to work through the questions you are either sure about or are easy to figure out and flag and skip the ones that are difficult - you can revisit them later. The time will go by fast, trust me! Good luck and please lets us know if you have additional questions...

captainv

with 100 questions, it's more like 36 seconds per question or you'll fall behind. read each question/answer carefully, mark the best choice (even if you have no idea) and move on. don't get bogged down until you've been through the entire test.