Originally Posted by
WIPilot
Depending on where you are from getting to home and back can be very tough.
And very risky. Especially your first weekend in training. I am not sure if they would actually fire you for missing one day of training, but they sure threaten it (ie if you miss a day from trying to travel home and you arent able to make it back on time for some reason)
Actually you WILL get fired if you don't make it back. Happened to a guy in my class. I have heard that there have been a couple of more since then as well. NREV travel can be risky. Leave yourself plenty of options and time. Buy a ticket, rent a car, ride a horse, whatever, but don't be even one second late on Monday or you'll find yourself turning in your FOM and getting a one way positive space ticket home.
Sorry. Rant over.