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02-20-2015, 05:08 AM
#31
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I was hired at a major 2 years ago and since then almost all of my friends who were considering it then have been hired too. I get your point. Our SQ/CC chastised us multiple times for talking airlines at work (single seat fighter SQ). It's hard to do on the down low.
More than happy to answer any questions via PM or phone.
More than happy to answer any questions via PM or phone.
-Thanks for the AME info, i didn't know I could get one in Japan, that will certainly be a great option.
02-20-2015, 10:36 AM
#32
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02-20-2015, 02:16 PM
#33
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Some things will never change. My advice would be to never let your guard down, especially around CCs, DOs, and back stabbing a$$ clowns. I've seen way too many buds who've been screwed with bad gigs (non flying deployments to the sand box and/or UAVs). The vindictive attitude towards folks wanting to get out of AD is something that I've never understood. Perhaps it's jealousy.
02-20-2015, 02:50 PM
#34
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Joined APC: Jul 2014
Position: Not at my desk anymore.
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The question came up at Vets-in-Blue in November; the gist was that they didn't want someone going into sims, etc. "cold" or "rusty". The numbers I heard were that they wanted to see ~200hrs in the last year as a minimum. Interestingly, they contradicted themselves as well insofar as they indicated they were willing to work with staff guys who had, due to the demands of the service, not been able to fly regularly. Where does that leave me? I don't know either!!!
I shall keep plugging - thanks for the encouragement and best of luck to you as well!
02-20-2015, 04:46 PM
#35
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So I think your hours aren't as big a roadblock as you fear.
You do a prep?
02-20-2015, 08:04 PM
#36
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Just to be clear, I have friend who was hired at SWA last year after not flying for more than 12 months. Which I didn't think possible. My last job involved flying around 100 hours/year for most of us. And that was enough for everyone to get hired (mostly Delta and SWA).
So I think your hours aren't as big a roadblock as you fear.
You do a prep?
So I think your hours aren't as big a roadblock as you fear.
You do a prep?
02-20-2015, 08:58 PM
#37
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Joined APC: Nov 2013
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And don't forget to keep up your hours before punching out. I am finishing in a staff job where I'm only bagging hours here and there to the tune of 100/year. That's not enough no matter how sparkling my resume is. So...off to the regionals till my recency (not currency mind you, I've kept that) is built back up.
02-21-2015, 12:46 PM
#38
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Some things will never change. My advice would be to never let your guard down, especially around CCs, DOs, and back stabbing a$$ clowns. I've seen way too many buds who've been screwed with bad gigs (non flying deployments to the sand box and/or UAVs). The vindictive attitude towards folks wanting to get out of AD is something that I've never understood. Perhaps it's jealousy.
It's tougher to hand out the bad deal to the non-team player when nobody is a team player in the first place. Then it just comes down to who has the most ADSC remaining.
02-21-2015, 01:13 PM
#39
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02-21-2015, 01:52 PM
#40
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Position: Not at my desk anymore.
Posts: 155
Just to be clear, I have friend who was hired at SWA last year after not flying for more than 12 months. Which I didn't think possible. My last job involved flying around 100 hours/year for most of us. And that was enough for everyone to get hired (mostly Delta and SWA).
So I think your hours aren't as big a roadblock as you fear.
You do a prep?
So I think your hours aren't as big a roadblock as you fear.
You do a prep?
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