Weekends home during Seattle training?
04-08-2018 | 04:54 PM
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Weekends home during Seattle training?
For those of you recently or currently in training in Seattle, how often are you able to get home to family if you're outside of base on weekends? I'd want to get back to SFO, so plenty of flights, I'm just wondering how much free time you really have on weekends with needing to study, etc.?
04-12-2018 | 06:35 PM
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I live local but everyone in my class that wasn't went home virtually every time they had more than two days off (most of the blocks of days off were at least three days). Also, you will have commuter status which will give you a higher priority over other jumpseaters on Alaska metal (not sure how this works with Airbus flights at this point) so that can make the commute easier depending how many other commuters from SFO.
04-12-2018 | 07:15 PM
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I live local but everyone in my class that wasn't went home virtually every time they had more than two days off (most of the blocks of days off were at least three days). Also, you will have commuter status which will give you a higher priority over other jumpseaters on Alaska metal (not sure how this works with Airbus flights at this point) so that can make the commute easier depending how many other commuters from SFO.
04-12-2018 | 07:50 PM
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The jumpseat is not any part of the commuter program. True for pilots and FA’s. In initial training you are allowed to book the actual jumpseat as a pilot. Commuter status is only for seats in the back. Other than new hires in initial training, the jumpseat is first come first serve and seniority is only used as a tie- breaker if 2 pilots request it at the same time.
04-15-2018 | 05:55 AM
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That status does not apply to the Jumpseats. It only applies to seats in the back.
Edit: so if you’re a registered commuter and commuting, you have priority over other non-revers but not other Jumpseaters. (I think the jump is first come first served.)
04-15-2018 | 06:23 AM
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True, however, the pecking order for the jumpseat is AS pilots, QX pilots then everyone else.
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