Originally Posted by
jumppilot
You shouldn't have quit. You should have used vacation time, called in sick, whatever...it's not much, but it'll buy you two to three weeks of time during training to make sure it's what you really want to do.
Several major airlines have and will fire a new-hire if they find out he did not resign from his old company. Most recently it happened at jet blue.
Sounds like a good idea, but make sure you understand how your new employer feels about that.