Originally Posted by
Benstein
I'm a Trans States Aviator (college program) and had this question myself recently. I asked around with some of the people in St. Louis and the answer isn't a very good one. Attending day 1 of the Seniority Reserve program counts as beginning training. If you opt out of the program after you reserve your seniority, it'll show up as a training failure on your pilot record. There's some good Pro's to working with TSA, message me for some more info.
They must have changed their tune then because that's not how it was a year ago. They told us you're just coming to reserve your seniority... well everyone that came in the class I was in did the same thing and no one actually started at tsa until a month or more later. It was when you returned, had your minimum time, and actually started ground school that your training clock officially began.