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#801
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 127
If you have a passport office nearby you can get same day. My local office had a printer issue that day so they couldn't get it out to me till a few days later. All I did was email the CP and said I'd be without a passport until XYZ for renewal. All they'll do is mark you as ineligible for our two Bamama turns.
They'll only reimburse you for $110 of the cost, so you'll eat the $60 expedite fee. I put $110 on my expense form and AC thanked me. I guess guys have been trying to get away with getting the full cost reimbursed....
They'll only reimburse you for $110 of the cost, so you'll eat the $60 expedite fee. I put $110 on my expense form and AC thanked me. I guess guys have been trying to get away with getting the full cost reimbursed....
Just email the CPs and let them know that you need to renew prior to sending it off... they will give you approval. No need to pay for expedited services that you won't be reimbursed for. Don't forget to let them know when it comes in (a few weeks) and fill out your paperwork for reimbursement.
Thanks for the help... That's kind of what I was planning to do (as far as letting the CP know), so thanks for the input/verification.
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#802
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Joined APC: Nov 2016
Posts: 127
Sheppard Air is the only thing you need... Pay the money, pass the test. It's that easy.
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#805
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Joined APC: Feb 2017
Posts: 96
Hmmm, not that there's anything bad about the Carolinas anyway, but I find myself frequently ending up in Des Moines, OKC, Tulsa, Jackson (Mississippi), Bentonville, Arkansas, White Plains, NY.... and the list goes on. I can't speak for all of the pilot group, but the fact that much of the PSA route structure was east of the Mississippi, especially the Carolinas, was one of the draws for me.
#806
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Joined APC: Apr 2015
Posts: 196
Few general questions:
Once on line:
-Are hotels generally decent? I ask because I read other regional airlines thread with many complaints.
-TSO'd headset required? Uflymic ok?
During training:
-Restaurants or grocery store near by walking distance to hotel?
-Cafeteria or near by restaurants in Dayton or CLT training center? Walking distance?
-Is training center open 24/7 if trainee wanted to visit before or after hours to study, use paper tiger, use other training materials?
-Headset required during sim training/checkride/loft?
Thank you!
Once on line:
-Are hotels generally decent? I ask because I read other regional airlines thread with many complaints.
-TSO'd headset required? Uflymic ok?
During training:
-Restaurants or grocery store near by walking distance to hotel?
-Cafeteria or near by restaurants in Dayton or CLT training center? Walking distance?
-Is training center open 24/7 if trainee wanted to visit before or after hours to study, use paper tiger, use other training materials?
-Headset required during sim training/checkride/loft?
Thank you!
#807
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2016
Posts: 755
Few general questions:
Once on line:
-Are hotels generally decent? I ask because I read other regional airlines thread with many complaints.
-TSO'd headset required? Uflymic ok?
During training:
-Restaurants or grocery store near by walking distance to hotel?
-Cafeteria or near by restaurants in Dayton or CLT training center? Walking distance?
-Is training center open 24/7 if trainee wanted to visit before or after hours to study, use paper tiger, use other training materials?
-Headset required during sim training/checkride/loft?
Thank you!
Once on line:
-Are hotels generally decent? I ask because I read other regional airlines thread with many complaints.
-TSO'd headset required? Uflymic ok?
During training:
-Restaurants or grocery store near by walking distance to hotel?
-Cafeteria or near by restaurants in Dayton or CLT training center? Walking distance?
-Is training center open 24/7 if trainee wanted to visit before or after hours to study, use paper tiger, use other training materials?
-Headset required during sim training/checkride/loft?
Thank you!
A few bad ones sneak in every once in awhile, or a decent one turns bad. In those cases, we usually get out pretty quickly.
Several of the hotels have tradeoffs. For instance, would you rather stay at a slightly nicer hotel and be well inland, or one that is clean/safe but not as nice and be located right on the beach? Or would you rather be in a brand new hotel that isn't located near anything, or a good hotel that is older but located right in the heart of a fun downtown area with lots of restaurants and things to do? No matter what, people will complain either way, but the majority of the people would rather be on the beach or in a fun downtown area.
One hotel is a resort and spa, and people go on vacation and have very expensive destination wedding receptions there. It is an older, classic Inn, and is really nice. Some people complain about it because it is not a chain hotel, and would rather stay in a Hampton Inn with a Waffle House next door. So, hotels are personal preference, but they are safe and clean.
TSO'd headsets are pretty much required at every airline now. If there are any that do allow non-TSO'd, expect them to change very soon. There is a wide variety of headsets that you will see on the line, and I have never had anyone check to see if mine was TSO'd. That is all I will say about that on here.
During training, there are grocery stores, a Walmart, Sams Club, about 20 restaurants, and just about anything else that you could want within easy walking distance. The hotel is ok, but the location is great. It is a "right of passage" to stay in that hotel, and is worse than anything that we stay in when on the line. It may be worse, but it isn't bad.
At the training center in Dayton, you can walk to the airport for lunch, but most people either bring their lunch or buddy up with someone with a car. I had a car, but brought my lunch most of the time. I would stop and pick up a sub on the way to class each day and just eat that in the training center.
At the training center in Charlotte, there is a cafeteria that is decent and pretty cheap.
Training center is open 24/7, but you will have just about everything on your iPad. All of the training materials, interactive systems trainer, FMS trainer, and everything else is on your iPad. In the old days, we would have to go to the training center to do "CBT" - computer based training, but that is all on the iPads now.
As far as a headset for training, it depends on the examiner. For the majority of them, no. There are DC's in the sim that you can wear if you need to.
Last edited by PSA help; 06-22-2017 at 06:49 AM.
#808
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2016
Position: P-28
Posts: 151
Few general questions:
Once on line:
-Are hotels generally decent? I ask because I read other regional airlines thread with many complaints.
-TSO'd headset required? Uflymic ok?
During training:
-Restaurants or grocery store near by walking distance to hotel?
-Cafeteria or near by restaurants in Dayton or CLT training center? Walking distance?
-Is training center open 24/7 if trainee wanted to visit before or after hours to study, use paper tiger, use other training materials?
-Headset required during sim training/checkride/loft?
Thank you!
Once on line:
-Are hotels generally decent? I ask because I read other regional airlines thread with many complaints.
-TSO'd headset required? Uflymic ok?
During training:
-Restaurants or grocery store near by walking distance to hotel?
-Cafeteria or near by restaurants in Dayton or CLT training center? Walking distance?
-Is training center open 24/7 if trainee wanted to visit before or after hours to study, use paper tiger, use other training materials?
-Headset required during sim training/checkride/loft?
Thank you!
I'll give my take to add on to what PSA Help has said.
I can't speak to hotels on trips, but I can talk to the training hotels in Dayton and Charlotte. In Dayton they use quite a few different ones. They might have three pilot classes and two flight attendant classes going at once. They try to keep a class all in one hotel. We started in Dayton in an Extended Stay, which was nice with the full size refrigerators and kitchenette but it was older and felt run down. One room reported bed bugs and we were moved the next day. The class ended up being split between two hotels at that point. Some went to the Crown Plaza downtown (nicer hotel, farther from training center, not a lot of restraints, and no easy shopping) and the other half ended up at the Red Lion (a little older, close to restaurants and shopping, nice breakfast). I think the Red Lion was the best of three folks in my class saw.
For sims you don't need a headset for most events. You will use it for one just so you are comfortable with it in the aircraft and if your examiner wants you to use them. If you don't bring one, they have DCs in the sims.
Training center is open 24/7. You will also get 700 posters to hang in your room to work with. A lot of guys would go in to use the paper tigers and the V-sims, but most of your studying can be done at the hotel.
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