Sim instructor
09-19-2007, 02:52 PM
#4
Gets Weekends Off
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The thing is it would be a QOL increase and a pay increase. I can't apply to UPS until next year anyway (on file). Don't know if I can dictate my work schedule during the interview for the sim position but I do know that being paid more to be home more sounds intriguing.
09-19-2007, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Rook
Would being a full-time sim instructor (corporate a/c) take someone out of the running for working for FedEx or UPS?
09-19-2007, 08:31 PM
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Avoiding Memphis
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Do you have the competitive times already?
I worked as a full-time sim IP at Simuflite after I got furloughed at AA and it was not a problem getting on with FedEx. I had not seen an actual jet for about 2 years but I was (according to every piece of paper the FAA had) current and qualified in the left seat of a multi-engine jet. I explained everything to the ACP my sponsor was working with and it was no problem - in fact we had one other former AA guy get hired at FedEx, and another got hired at UPS - both from sim jobs.
Bottom line - neither company will count sim time toward your total, but the "time off" probably won't count against you. If you are competitive going into the sim job it probably won't hurt you. If you don't have the times to be competitive then you'll just be treading water.
Good luck!
I worked as a full-time sim IP at Simuflite after I got furloughed at AA and it was not a problem getting on with FedEx. I had not seen an actual jet for about 2 years but I was (according to every piece of paper the FAA had) current and qualified in the left seat of a multi-engine jet. I explained everything to the ACP my sponsor was working with and it was no problem - in fact we had one other former AA guy get hired at FedEx, and another got hired at UPS - both from sim jobs.
Bottom line - neither company will count sim time toward your total, but the "time off" probably won't count against you. If you are competitive going into the sim job it probably won't hurt you. If you don't have the times to be competitive then you'll just be treading water.
Good luck!
09-19-2007, 08:49 PM
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Thanks pilot141. Encouraging words. Yeah I got more than the competetive times. If I get the sim job, it would be for double + what I'm making now as an ACMI Gucci F/O, and of course I'd be home more cuz the trng facility is almost in my backyard.
Thanks again!
Thanks again!
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