Originally Posted by
John 3:16
wjsx, where are you at? Maybe we can get some folks to link up with you and give you some good ole fashioned mentoring.
Nothing beats being able to sit across from a dude who's been down the road you're trying to travel and give you some advice and mentoring.
Thanks for the suggestion, John. I think it would be very helpful. I just PMed you with some details.
Originally Posted by
kiwiflyer
Another thing to consider. Try and save some money to pay bills. There are weeks that you are in a hotel studying and life goes on. If you have a wife or family member to do that for you, all the better. You will eventually get passes to jump seat home but that is even hard as a new hire. I have friends that couldn't get there sims finished, so it took longer to get to IOE.Can take 3 months or more. Just my 2 cents.
That's a good point, kiwi. I've been aware of the financial stresses that come with first-year FO pay, but the extra costs associated with going through training are something else to consider.
I'm a little unclear about your comment about not finishing sims. Is it that because of financial restrictions they had to interrupt their sim progress, or that because completing the sims took longer than expected, that increased the time they had to support themselves?
Thanks again to both of you for input.