Originally Posted by
airborne840
Not sure about the ground school timeline but I can tell you from the interview to CPC to start ground school takes 2 months. That was my timeline, hopefully it's not that long for others. I'm wishing I didn't quit my other job while waiting so long.
Never intentionally gap employment in aviation if you're in a seniority system. I had a buddy who got hired out of a regional by a major, and he gapped employment by two weeks to take a vacation.
His new-hire class date was *supposed* to be 17 Sep 2001. His regional had a policy where you could rescind a resignation up until the last day, but he was already out of that window. Fortunately it turned out the military was in need of his services again shortly thereafter but he never got another class date with that major.
If you actually start class, you can still get furloughed but at least you have a seniority number at most airlines.