Originally Posted by
shadow95
I will be separating from the service in Feb 2008 and will be available to work at that time. Last week I applied to several airlines (SWA, Delta, Continental, UPS, Frontier, Spirit and Jet Blue). Does anyone know how far out any of the above airlines start looking at applicants? In other words, can I expect any e-mail or phone calls in the next couple of months or do most companies wait until the applicant is closer to their availability date? Thanks in advance for the help.
Shadow,
You're actually a little behind if you're getting out in 6 months. Nothing you can do about that now except get in touch with all your buddies at these carriers and try to get your interviews lined up. FWIW, I was even further behind than you and everything fell into place nicely, including going to indoc while on active duty, and still flying for a few weeks afterwards prior to going on terminal. Worse case senario is you stay with your unit until the end and sell back all the leave you have accrued. Good luck and I'm sure everything will work out fine.