Company is required to positive space you home and back if you have more than two days in a row off of training, but you have to ask!

agree 100000%

As to going home on weekends, it depends on a lot of things. Are you feeling well caught up/ahead on your study schedule, how well do you study at home vs in groups, how long/arduous is the trip home from MSP, how well can you unwind in Minneapolis?

Speaking for myself, I live far enough from MSP to make driving in daily a pain, but close enough that going home for even half a weekend was very doable. I probably went home a third to a half of weekends. Keeping in mind that my experience was 6 years ago, I found new hire training pretty easy, though I'd studied jet systems in the past, so relatively little was completely new to me. I also don't tend to study well in large groups, so most of the time I'd study either alone or with 1 or 2 other folks.

Minneapolis can also be a great place to unwind. I took my bicycle with me when I went to new hire training, and the biking/walking trails around the Twin Cities are amazing. The light rail is also an excellent option to get into town for a bit if you're staying near MoA. I sometimes even take the train to go relax in a park instead of taking a day room if I have a long sit in MSP...

...although heads up that Minneapolis is still kind of a broken city after last summer. If you're unfamiliar as a new hire, then get familiar before heading into the city. Minneapolis is worth it.

Like a lot of cities, there are good areas and areas to stay away from. I lived in St. Louis for a number of years. Many nice areas. Others, if I had to go though at night I would not stop at a red light.

What I tend to notice from new hires at any company domiciled in MSP, is they naturally believe they have to live in Minneapolis. I’ve lived in Minnesota my entire short life, St. Paul is safer and actually a faster commute. It’s 15 minutes from down town St. Paul to MSP taking highway 5. Downtown Minneapolis is closer to a 40 minute drive taking 35W south. South Minneapolis, specifically “Uptown” is where I see a lot of pilots initially start, complain about the 30 minute drive to go 15 miles, and end up in Bloomington or St. Paul. I highly recommend looking into the West 7th street area in St. Paul, extremely underrated night out scene, with a short 10-15 minute drive to the airport.

Stay the hell away from Brooklyn Park (Northwest Minneapolis). Southwest Minneapolis is just fine, starts at Uptown and moves west to Eden Prairie, Edina (nicknamed “Cake Eaters), Minnetonka, Wayzata (Richest of them all), and Chaska.

I know the light rail connects through both terminals at MSP. I would not suggest using it to commute north bound. You will stop at a very notorious area on East Lake St. If you remember watching the Target, liquor store, and 3rd police precinct burn down on national TV, that stop is exactly in the center of it all. Police unfortunately do not patrol the light rail for proof of ticket purchase. The politics of the state decided it was racist to do so, because most civilians who take the light rail are minorities. Naturally that has made traveling on the rail extremely dangerous for everyone involved, especially through certain areas.

I still feel safer in Minneapolis than most other major US cities. And I used to live just a few blocks from where all the **** happened...

What should I study prior to class date? Normal procedures? Limitations? Flows?

Nothing. Just do what they tell you to do. Start with Indoc and go from there. Take it one step at a time. They will tell you what you need to do, when you need to do it. We have a great training department. Trust them.

Logbook Review today
 

What’s going on guys? Just completed my logbook review today. Endeavor is now offering nov class dates.