“My goal would be moving to ANC (AK is my home state) but I have a feeling I'd be a candidate for SDF assignment due to steam guage time and prior FE experience.”
Speed - My friend is in training right now and I can tell you that your previous experience is not necessarily the deciding factor in what you’ll be doing. There were 2 people in class who were 727 engineers in their previous jobs who both got fo slots (one is fairly young, the other one somewhere in the middle seniority-wise within his class). At the same time, several pilots without any fe experience got FE slots.
I think the ONLY time your background might play to your advantage (or to your disadvantage) is if you have any heavy jet experience – then you’ll probably be heading to ANC on the MD11 (or 747-400) So if you have that experience, you’re in luck as you do want to go to ANC, otherwise, it’ll be pretty much a lottery on what equipment and base you’ll get.
$1500/mo or so as i recall???
Correct, has to sign a 2 or 3 year contract, can't remember...