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Old 05-31-2015 | 04:58 AM
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SamNFTY
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Originally Posted by JerrySpringer
-How senior is PAE?
You won't hold it
-Is a new hire going to 767 or 747
Yes
-What is it like commuting for this job?
Same as your job, except the company buys you a ticket
-Most senior and most junior base.
Doesn't matter - It'll be different by the time you're on property, even if that's this summer
-Likely hood of getting JFK as a base.
Very good. As soon as your seniority allows and there is a vacancy.

protip 1: Bases are way less important than % seniority in base
protip 2: Nothing is spoonfed here. It can drive you insane, but your ability to survive this job (in a practical real-life dropped off in a country who's language you don't speak and you have no visa way; as well as systemic weaknesses from outside factors (worldwide flying with a dynamic environment of 'rules' and lack of support from a financial building on the northside of NYC) requires a survival instinct and an ability to adapt and improvise when things (often as they do here) go pear-shaped.

This IS NOT a job for everybody. Anyone can do the work, don't get me wrong, but think long an hard about what really goes on operating into normal airports 98% of the time, then you get that one flight to a place so far off the grid the 24 hour news cycle hasn't gotten there yet to broadcast.
This! I never wanted to fly the airlines. I enjoy taking the road less traveled. Doing the flying that only few get to do. For me, it isn't about flying the "Queen of the Skies." It's about all the amazing places I could end up! Though it will be nice to not have to describe the airplane I fly to everyone I talk to.
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