Military obligations and Civilian careers
01-05-2017, 02:24 PM
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Military obligations and Civilian careers
So Im finishing up a degree to hopefully commission into my air force reserve unit as a pilot. If I was hired by a regional prior to that and got through training maybe less than a year later I get a date to attend OTS, UPT, etc. How would a regional treat that with me being of the line for roughly two years? Just trying to have a game plan for the future.
01-05-2017, 02:39 PM
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If I understand your question correctly, you're wondering if you activating for two years for training, etc, will upset your regional employer... Bottom line is, they don't have a choice. The Federal government says that they have to allow you to drill. Guys at my airline activate for years and keep climbing the seniority ladder (VERY common. I've activated for as little as a day and as long as 6 months). As long as you can properly document your absence (i.e. Submit legitimate military orders in accordance with company policy) you are good to go. Best of luck.
01-05-2017, 02:49 PM
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If I understand your question correctly, you're wondering if you activating for two years for training, etc, will upset your regional employer... Bottom line is, they don't have a choice. The Federal government says that they have to allow you to drill. Guys at my airline activate for years and keep climbing the seniority ladder (VERY common. I've activated for as little as a day and as long as 6 months). As long as you can properly document your absence (i.e. Submit legitimate military orders in accordance with company policy) you are good to go. Best of luck.
01-05-2017, 03:53 PM
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Yes, no worries with that scenario.
Airline employment is very forgiving of reserve military service...
1) You're a commodity, easily replaceable by another pilot.
2) All assignments, upgrades, furloughs, etc are based strictly on seniority so it's very black-and-white and very hard to punish an airline pilot for reserve duty and get away with it.
White collar workers (particularly managers) and non-airline pilots are much more at the mercy of their employers since they can often get away with mistreating you while maintaining plausible deniability that it was related to your military service. BTDT.
Airline employment is very forgiving of reserve military service...
1) You're a commodity, easily replaceable by another pilot.
2) All assignments, upgrades, furloughs, etc are based strictly on seniority so it's very black-and-white and very hard to punish an airline pilot for reserve duty and get away with it.
White collar workers (particularly managers) and non-airline pilots are much more at the mercy of their employers since they can often get away with mistreating you while maintaining plausible deniability that it was related to your military service. BTDT.
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