Originally Posted by
PerfInit
VERY risky move, ERR while on probation. Glad it worked out for you.
Anyone else contemplating this please be warned, you can be terminated during probation for NO REASON AT ALL. Set yourself up for failure. Stay low and fly well under the radar your first year.
It worked out great, three years at the FAA and back to a major. I left five years ago. It's nice to have lifetime reinstatement rights if necessary in the future.