Originally Posted by
Boomer
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
It's best to not think about it, but hard not to.
My buddies and I had this same conversation recently. Took us about 10yrs from CFI to Jetblue. Years making crap wages, crap schedules, crap jobs. I had one of our gateway guys on my flight recently. CFI direct to Airbus. Had another guy ask me about JB since he was interested in applying. R-ATP, early 20s, and he asked about my background. When I listed off my jobs he goes "Wow, you've worked at A LOT of places!". Yeah no crap, that was the industry.