Ati News????

[haulingthemail]

I hope those that might consider to apply, read everything that is going on and choose wisely.

 

[b707guy]

HTM, of the very small percentage of your total posts that I've seen, this is the first that truly makes sense. If I were a pilot in my 50s looking for something to do, I'd go for it. If I were single and in my 20s looking for something to tide myself over until that "real" opportunity came along, go for it. If I needed the job for any sense of stability, longevity, family support, etc, I'd concentrate my efforts somewhere else. At least for now. ATI has a lot of regenerating to do before it regains any semblance of what it was a few years ago. Not that it was ever that great, but it wasn't that bad, either. Despite some of the decisions made in Little Rock, we've made money for the most part since 1998. Little Rock has always been somewhat myopic and hesitant, even in a boom market. In comparison, though, Orlando seems flat blind and unwilling to even consider that having a business plan is a good thing, and it seems ultimately that Orlando management will run us right off a cliff if they continue yanking the reins like they've been doing. Which, for all we know, may be the long term plan, although the very thought may be giving them too much credit. We deserve better as a company, but right now, the company is just a pawn.

 

[MrSky]

Correction on my above date. The "Window" opens 06/13/07.

And for those interested, ATI is not a bad place to work, maybe not so stable at times I wholly agree! But for anyone who spent the last year at the "Real Southern Air Transport" (A once great company!). You know what a crap-hole being run by a Real Ass of a Chief Pilot (You know who you are) a non-sched airline can be like.

We may turn around we very possibly may not, but for anyone wanting to get Heavy Jet time this is a good place, and you may decide to stay.

Warning to those who apply: The DC-8 is not a "Girly-Man's" airplane!!! If your looking for an Easy Flying, Punch a Button, Sit Back and Watch airplane go fly a New Whale, 767 or an RJ. But if you want to learn Real Flying Skills, Learn Systems and See the World... Come Fly a DC-8!

For those of you too young and do not know what a DC-8 is. (yes I heard a AWA pilot last summer ask: "What in it world is a DC-8?" as we blasted past him. ) Follow the Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-8

ATI has the second largest fleet of DC-8's, UPS has the largest.