Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I mean who can really expect a company to put you through training for XXX amount of dollars and then have you trun around and walk out the door 1 month later for a better job?
I'm sure that some company can abuse a reasonable business practice but it seems sound to me. Also - I've never worked for a company that I planned to not stay at or just use as a stepping stone so I haven't been in that situation.
USMCFLYR
It's called the cost of doing business. Happens all the time in other career fields. Granted, other career fields don't have to shell out the same type of expenses to a new hire. But many also DON'T require the new hire to have the high experience level that most new hire pilots are required to either. You also have to look at it from the angle that when guys get furloughed, they will often take a job because it's just that, a job. The guy needs a paycheck, the opportunity is there, so he takes it. It's better than unemployment, and more importantly will keep him current.
Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
That is certainly one good example; but you know that I never said no one ever did it - I said that I didn't know a single one - and I don't. HercDriver130 is from a different service and different community than I, nor do I know what kind of experience or qualifications he may have brought to the table. Now I was specifically speaking of the people that I know that got out in the mid 90s; since then I do know one squadronmate who got out in 2002 and went to SkyWest.
USMCFLYR
I believe the guy username "Salty Dog" is one. Don't know what specific "community" he is from. But he's talked about grunting it out in the commuters before getting hired at his current job. My previous employer had many guys that were prior military, and guess what? In the 90's when most of them got hired, that airline was PTF, just like A LOT of other regionals were. In the mid 90's the hiring was still pretty slow. Bear in mind, not EVERY guy gets to separate and then gets the call from XYZ legacy right away.