CaribbeanFLYR

Thanks for all the feedback guys ....think I might do ENVOY and Endeavor there signing bonus and NY based will be best bet at present time.

bfmglobal

I just completed the ATP course with CAE in Dallas. They are using a Falcon 900 and Falcon EX sim. They are in the process of getting other sims authorized due mainly to scheduling restraints...ie...the more sims available, the easier it is for them to schedule. The class before mine had to use the sims after midnight. Our schedule was normal.

The course requires 10hrs of sim time, CAE gave us 12 hours. It was great for me, not having flown in a number of years. Was able to shoot multiple approaches, do steep turns, basically knock the rust off.

Overall the sims are scenario situations. Abort, Low vis taxi, engine out, wake turb, wind shear as well as seeing if you'll let the controller put you in a bad situation, for example.

Bottom line is you don't need to know anything about the AC you do the sim in. It helps if you're familiar with auto pilot and FMS but not a big deal if you're not. I'd never used any of that stuff before and they talk you through all the buttons to push.

Cost was $4950.

CaribbeanFLYR

Looks like I have an interview with AWAC next week in PHL. Recruiter said they'll give me an interview, then if all goes well, a conditional offer or employment and be place in a pool awaiting the CTP course which should be approved fairly soon......

rickair7777

I know nothing about their internal policy. But USERRA might also allow you to return...

If you have been on continuous (or near continuous) active duty since you left Mesaba, you are most likely entitled by federal law to return with full seniority as though you had never left.

This depends on two things...

1. Nature of the orders: You have a five year cumulative limit for certain types of voluntary military orders with any given civilian employer...but since 9/11 very, very few orders were actually written as voluntary. In most cases when a person voluntered, they were actually volunteering to be on involuntary orders (for their own protection, and for funding reasons). Additionally the vast majority of recall orders since 9/11 were also funded by OCO, which under title 10 is exempt from the five year limit as well. Typically the only orders which would run your five-year clock were things which had no direct or indirect support to GWOT/OCO, such as professor at a war college, PGS, or service academy. Presumably things like HQ staff in a State guard office might not not be exempt either.


2. Gaps in service. this only applies if you did multiple sets of orders...if you were on continuous orders the whole time, you're good. Shorts gaps in service would not disqualify you from returning. If you were on orders for six months, you're entitled to 30 days off before returning to your civilian job. Orders of a one year+ and you get 90 days. Even if you gapped a bit longer than 30/90 days, I suspect you could make the case that it would make no sense for you to return to the airline, start requal training, and then leave again within a few weeks.

If you think you qualify, get smart on USERRA fast...you need to look at your orders, maybe talk to S1 and figure out whether they qualify for the exemption. It's OK if you have some non-exempt orders in the mix as long as they don't total more than five years.

9E is no rose garden, but walking into a CA job with good seniority (not mention opportunity to get/stay current) is not to be scoffed at.

rickair7777

Congrats. What did you do about the ATP written?

ApachePhil

Rickair7777....I appreciate the information, but that wouldn't apply to me. I took a GS job for 4 years before turning into an AGR, so I don't have a continuous string of active duty (Title 10 or Title32.)

It was a long shot, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask. I will ask them directly if at the DFW career fair at the end of the month. Again, thanks!

CaribbeanFLYR

Haven't done the course yet...if I get hired by AWAC, they will give me the course for Free. So it's a Pretty sweet deal if I stay patient and wait compared to paying for CTP course IMO