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01-08-2015, 05:09 PM

#441

pete2800

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Quote:

Originally Posted by vrefcoffee

Are the junior bases commutable from SEA?

I'm commuting now, but it's an easy commute, but it's getting old. Airline has no base in SEA, so it forces me to commute.

I commuted from SEA to GEG for a year, and it sucked. Yes, there are tons of flights, but the schedules aren't commutable on both ends. At best you'll be spending a night before or after your trip. From Seattle, the easiest bases to commute to are probably PDX and GEG. Then BOI, then maybe ANC, and lastly MFR.

01-08-2015, 07:49 PM

#442

Caution Terrain

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MFR is a tough commute. My friend stays with me here when he's got a trip. He flys down from pdx the night before and leaves the day after his pairing. Totally uncommutable on both ends. He's number 5 in mfr for FOs.

01-08-2015, 07:58 PM

#443

vrefcoffee

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ANC wasn't a bad commute for me when I was doing it. MFR sounds terrible and I'd probably stick with my commute and company now compared to that.

Anyone know what a January Interview would be for a class date?

Thanks for the honest answers!

01-09-2015, 06:50 PM

#444

ConfigOK

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Candidates early this week were offered late March (March 30 I think) with plans still looking like classes every 2 weeks.

01-10-2015, 12:20 PM

#445

Galaxy5

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How many are there in each class? Also, how long is each of the ground school, sims and IOE?

01-10-2015, 12:31 PM

#446

BoredwLife

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Joined APC: Jan 2007

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Posts: 1,536

What was DOH of last Captain upgrade... Just wondering if they reached my number yet had I not left.

I miss the PNW...

01-10-2015, 12:42 PM

#447

cactusflyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Galaxy5

How many are there in each class? Also, how long is each of the ground school, sims and IOE?

Class size varies somewhat, but my class was composed of six new hires, one guy coming back from military leave, and two upgrades. The largest class I've heard of was 18 people, and I think that was also the only class (so far) where people got sent to Toronto for some of the sims.

As for how long training takes, ground school runs about three weeks, with the oral being a couple of days later. The sim took me 18 days to get through, but that included one extra session to get everything squared away before the final MV session.

IOE took me 32 days from the first flight to being released to fly the line, but that timeline can vary. I think IOE is scheduled to take about 30 hours to complete, but it ended up being about 40 in my case, which is apparently about the realistic average for new-hires with no turbine time.