At Atlantic Northeast, we have a fairly simple career progression structure. As you fly more hours, you go up through the ranks. As you go up through the ranks, you become eligable for promotions as they become available. Your rank doesn't have a bearing on what aircraft you can fly, but it does have a bearing on what weather you are permitted to fly in. We decided to do it this way because in the real world, your experience doesn't have any effect on the aircraft you fly but it does affect the category of approach you can fly. To learn more about the categories of approach, as dictated by ICAO, please click here. Pilots joining us from other VAs who have more than 50 hours will be recruited as First Officers and 50 hours will be credited to your account. Pilots with less than 50 hours of experience will be recruited as cadets, and any verfiable hours will be added to your account.

Management vacencies come up quite regularly. Each time we open a hub we look for a manager, so it's well worth building up the hours. Vacencies will be annouced on our home page, and all applications are considered. The number of flight hours you accumulate is used to determine your rank:

Cadet

0 to 25 Hours

Cat II

First Officer

25 to 100 Hours

Cat IIIa

Captain

100 to 250 Hours

Cat IIIb

Senior Captain

More than 250 Hours

Cat IIIc

At ANE, you will also receive virtual pay for your flights. This is currently $0.85 per mile flown, and like any real world airline we constantly review our pay. So if you fly from London to Paris and back, at 220 miles each way, you will make V$ 347. This goes into your virtual account, and is used as an indicator of your development with us. It obviously cannot be redeemed!

Finally, the epaulet corresponding to your rank can be used as your avatar on the forum, to help identify you.