Class sizes have been pretty small recently. No pool and have never heard of one at AWAC. Training is...training. 4 weeks in Appleton (ATW) WI, then off to CLT or Montreal for CPT (Cockpit Procedures Training) and Sim training. Senority goes by age and your assigned a number the first day of class. Travel benefits start within the first few days. Not sure when family members become eligible for travel.

In CLT, we use the US Airways training center (located at the airport) and in Montreal we use either CAE or Bombardier depending on availability. The CLT hotel has an AWAC room full of snacks and the paper flightdeck posters mounted on panels plus the QRH and other study aids.

In Montreal, the hotel is right next to the airport. Both CAE and Bombardier are right next to each other at the airport and are connected by a skywalk. You can see CAE from the hotel. Nothing too exciting except Montreal-French girls sure are pretty!

Again...from the website:
Training

• No training contract or pay-for-training program
• Pay during training – 2.5 block hours per day
• 2 weeks Basic Indoctrination – Appleton, WI
• 2 weeks Systems Ground School – Appleton, WI
• 3 weeks CPT & Sim – Charlotte, NC or Montreal
• Single occupancy hotel rooms provided