Atlas Air Hiring
02-05-2014, 03:35 PM
#7823
On Reserve
Joined APC: Feb 2014
Position: RJ Captain
Posts: 21
One of the questions during the phone interview is if the pilot is familiar with the gateway basing system. I think I understand from reading this read but I am not sure 100%. You can live in any city that has a major airport that Atlas can commercial you from, correct? But is it limited only to the U.S.? Can you live in Europe? Vienna, Austria by any chance?
02-05-2014, 05:49 PM
#7825
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2008
Position: Knuckle-dragging line pilot
Posts: 943
One of the questions during the phone interview is if the pilot is familiar with the gateway basing system. I think I understand from reading this read but I am not sure 100%. You can live in any city that has a major airport that Atlas can commercial you from, correct? But is it limited only to the U.S.? Can you live in Europe? Vienna, Austria by any chance?
02-05-2014, 08:18 PM
#7826
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2010
Position: B767 CA
Posts: 1,100
We have guys that live in or have lived in...
Mexico
Caribbean
S America
Europe (France, Italy, Greece, Austria, and others)
Israel
Dubai
Thailand
Philippines
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
They make it work...how?
As captainv pointed out...they try to connect with a company aircraft headed to a city in the 50 US States.
But beware, those airplanes are rerouted, go early, go late, not go at all...and any combination thereof. Guys jumpseat from all of the above places. They also buy airline tickets, train tickets, rent cars, etc to connect with those airplanes.
In some cases, they even have to drop some serious coin on buying tickets to a US city on a pax airline...
In some case, they suddenly develop a strange disease when they can't get on a jumpseat!!
Mexico
Caribbean
S America
Europe (France, Italy, Greece, Austria, and others)
Israel
Dubai
Thailand
Philippines
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
They make it work...how?
As captainv pointed out...they try to connect with a company aircraft headed to a city in the 50 US States.
But beware, those airplanes are rerouted, go early, go late, not go at all...and any combination thereof. Guys jumpseat from all of the above places. They also buy airline tickets, train tickets, rent cars, etc to connect with those airplanes.
In some cases, they even have to drop some serious coin on buying tickets to a US city on a pax airline...
In some case, they suddenly develop a strange disease when they can't get on a jumpseat!!
02-05-2014, 08:52 PM
#7827
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2007
Position: 320 Captain
Posts: 335
Remember . . . 50 U.S. States The guy I know in Sydney would get himself to HNL. Yep, as in Honolulu! I just checked the current Gateway airports and it's still listed. The only caveat is it usually costs him a couple extra days from home. But just sayin'.
02-05-2014, 09:24 PM
#7828
Tuk er jerbs!
Joined APC: Mar 2007
Position: B747 Left
Posts: 1,342
For those keeping score, 2nd year light twin pay doesn't really go too far in Australia. I'll stick to the US.
02-05-2014, 10:28 PM
#7829
On Reserve
Joined APC: May 2013
Position: Major Airline
Posts: 20
I've been scanning through the pages of threads on here. Can anyone provide a little quick insight on the interview questions? Just trying to find a quick nutshell of the types of questions asked by HR; For example, "your strengths/weaknesses, Tell me about a time, What makes a good Ca or Fo, ect." Looking forward to interviewing next week.
Thanks for the guidance
Thanks for the guidance
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