Originally Posted by GrillMaster

CASS approval is partly based on your old employers responding to their requests. Not sure what they confirm but my guess is they confirm you are no longer an employee and that your old ID badge was surrendered when you quit, as well as PRIA info.
I got mine in week one over a year ago. Other people in my class got their cass near the end of training. There are a few airlines and other commercial operators that are notorious for being slow to respond when their employees quit. Many dont respond at all, and in that case there is a timeline that will have to be expired before they can proceed. Something like 90+ days.