Same here. I thought after reading the subject, this post was going to be about how if you've been here less than 10 years, etc...
Somewhat surprised to read it's about how to flare and how not to get taken by bar girls in SE Asia. (although those are both valuable lessons)
Make sure to get your Vote in if possible. You don't officially get into the Alpa system as a member until they have a meeting and input you in the computer. Hopefully you have time to get a Vote in.
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Busboy
Good stuff. I think if there was just one piece of advice I would have for a newbie...It would be that there is never a dumb question. But, there are a lot of dumb answers. Especially when it comes to scheduling and expenses. Verify, verify, verify before you do it or spend it.
That may be more than one piece of advice?
But, on a more personal note...Did you vote on the LOA, now that you're not a probie? You can get all the advice you need on that, right here on APC. About 800 pages of it

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