Current OE Wait Times?
#11
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Really? So I'm not sure if this is a true story but I'd heard it some years back.
A guy had a checkride but for whatever reason, midway thru the sim, the sim stopped working. So, he was told to go home and someone would call him from training and coordinate a reschedule. According to story, he wasn't called for about a year. So, he sat at home and earned his 75 hrs a month - never bidding. Once the company realized that he wasn't flying, training called and asked him why he hadn't called anyone to tell them he needed to complete his checkride. His response was classic - "I shouldn't have to do someone else's job. I'm available for training whenever you want to schedule me." Of course, after that, he was given a sim and thereby returned to the line.
Do you think there was EVER a time he complained about being paid for not working?
A guy had a checkride but for whatever reason, midway thru the sim, the sim stopped working. So, he was told to go home and someone would call him from training and coordinate a reschedule. According to story, he wasn't called for about a year. So, he sat at home and earned his 75 hrs a month - never bidding. Once the company realized that he wasn't flying, training called and asked him why he hadn't called anyone to tell them he needed to complete his checkride. His response was classic - "I shouldn't have to do someone else's job. I'm available for training whenever you want to schedule me." Of course, after that, he was given a sim and thereby returned to the line.
Do you think there was EVER a time he complained about being paid for not working?
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Boo hoo the 22 year old who went from CFI to Major has to wait a month for OE.
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Really? So I'm not sure if this is a true story but I'd heard it some years back.
A guy had a checkride but for whatever reason, midway thru the sim, the sim stopped working. So, he was told to go home and someone would call him from training and coordinate a reschedule. According to story, he wasn't called for about a year. So, he sat at home and earned his 75 hrs a month - never bidding. Once the company realized that he wasn't flying, training called and asked him why he hadn't called anyone to tell them he needed to complete his checkride. His response was classic - "I shouldn't have to do someone else's job. I'm available for training whenever you want to schedule me." Of course, after that, he was given a sim and thereby returned to the line.
Do you think there was EVER a time he complained about being paid for not working?
A guy had a checkride but for whatever reason, midway thru the sim, the sim stopped working. So, he was told to go home and someone would call him from training and coordinate a reschedule. According to story, he wasn't called for about a year. So, he sat at home and earned his 75 hrs a month - never bidding. Once the company realized that he wasn't flying, training called and asked him why he hadn't called anyone to tell them he needed to complete his checkride. His response was classic - "I shouldn't have to do someone else's job. I'm available for training whenever you want to schedule me." Of course, after that, he was given a sim and thereby returned to the line.
Do you think there was EVER a time he complained about being paid for not working?
Don't be an ass because some people had more fortune than yourself. Maybe folks just want to not suck at their job because they went through training and then had to wait a month+ on their first type. For about half of my class this is our first jet experience.
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THIS is your complaint?
You DO know you can go to any regional right now (I'm sure they'll hire you) and get those same hours....probably much quicker.
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As for me, I enjoyed making 12k hand flying Metroliners all over New England just to have the company go bankrupt.
While it was excellent flying experience, I would have gladly gone from CFI to Airbus!
QUOTE=ReserveCA;3818839]35 yrs ago I would have jumped at the chance to go from a MEII to an A320 fo.......
just saying[/QUOTE]
While it was excellent flying experience, I would have gladly gone from CFI to Airbus!
QUOTE=ReserveCA;3818839]35 yrs ago I would have jumped at the chance to go from a MEII to an A320 fo.......
just saying[/QUOTE]
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