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Old 12-24-2015, 11:52 AM
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Formally send a email with your notice and awarded schedule stating "I plan to work my awarded schedule and help where possible on the transition". If he does anything crazy, hire a lawyer.

In either case, face to face doesn't work for formal resignation, regardless of how close you think you are with the recipient.
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Old 12-24-2015, 11:54 AM
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Never give more than 2 weeks notice. Never ask for legal advice from pilots. Shell out a few hundred bucks (or maybe nothing) for a consultation with an aviation attorney if this is keeping you up at night.
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Old 12-24-2015, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by westwind1 View Post
No. Our 135 Ops is pretty small. 3 pilots (one of them is me, the other one is the owner/DO) and a dispatcher. I told them in Person.


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Well since you still have more than 2 weeks left, send an email to your boss saying something like "as I informed you in person on _____(insert date), I will be resigning from XYZ company. My last day will be_________(insert date). Make sure you CC yourself at a private email address so you have a copy. That way you have a record of having given proper notice if it hits the fan later on.

How you play the fly the day off vs get fired thing is up to you. To avoid having to explain it in future interviews, fly it if you can. If not, then be honest about it and you'll be fine. I completely disagree with Czech Airman that it will screw you forever. This stuff happens and the major airline HR departments know it.

To answer you original question of "can he do it?" Yes, he can fire you any time up until your last day of employment.
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Old 12-24-2015, 12:14 PM
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No, he will do 3-5 clean years at a regional, and the majors won't give a squat that his boss a few years back fired him for not working on a day off. There are plenty of guys with more than 1 pink slip and DUI's, or fired from a shady 135 getting on at majors these days, let's not act like they still only take the best of the best.
Delta is only looking at Tier 1 candidates. None of those were fired from a previous airline.
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Old 12-24-2015, 12:19 PM
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Is it policy that the company can move a hard day off at the discretion of the company? If so, unfortunately, you should work that day. Might save you a lot of headaches in the future.
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Old 12-24-2015, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Czech Airman View Post
Delta is only looking at Tier 1 candidates. None of those were fired from a previous airline.
I know for a fact a DL SSP hire with a firing on his record. And a FDX hire a few years ago. Sure they would like clean records but we all have stories of "that guy" that got hired at a major. All I'm saying is don't act like you can't get on with some screw ups. It happens.
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Is it policy that the company can move a hard day off at the discretion of the company? If so, unfortunately, you should work that day. Might save you a lot of headaches in the future.
I'd call in sick. It will make your life easier. That way you can just "leave".
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Old 12-24-2015, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by mooney View Post
I know for a fact a DL SSP hire with a firing on his record. And a FDX hire a few years ago. Sure they would like clean records but we all have stories of "that guy" that got hired at a major. All I'm saying is don't act like you can't get on with some screw ups. It happens.
DAL SSP = some "dude" from PCL. Not a true Tier 1 candidate from off the street like this guy will be.
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Originally Posted by Czech Airman View Post
I'd call in sick. It will make your life easier. That way you can just "leave".
But this I agree with :). Or just resign effective immediately.
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Old 12-24-2015, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by mooney View Post
I know for a fact a DL SSP hire with a firing on his record. And a FDX hire a few years ago. Sure they would like clean records but we all have stories of "that guy" that got hired at a major. All I'm saying is don't act like you can't get on with some screw ups. It happens.
It does happen, but it shouldn't. With the overabundance of Tier 1 candidates with squeaky clean records, hearing of one that is not Tier 1 getting on at DAL really frosts my chops. It's so unfair to those of us that have worked diligently and sacrificed much to keep up a Tier 1 background to see someone lesser to us getting on with our dream career goal airline.
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