Originally Posted by
buffalopilot
Does anyone know if new hire pilots are put in CASS during training so they can go home on weekends?
Originally Posted by
Jetlife
To add, you aren't considered an employee until after your checkride. Unless that has changed.
Actually, that is not correct and it hasn't changed. You ARE an employee after you finish indoc. (How can you be paid ANYTHING is you aren't an employee? You certainly aren't a contractor.)
As to CASS, I am not sure but I will check. I know I was able to jump seat during my initial training but that was before CASS even came into being. I was just a pilot employed by AMF.
Originally Posted by
Jetlife
No. In fact you don't even get fully paid in training
You do get "fully paid." Just not as much as Jetlife thinks you should. You are paid the training wage for the hours you are actually in training. You don't get paid an automatic 40 hours per week nor do you get paid for the time you spend at the layover sleeping or watching TV or going out to eat.