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03-08-2023, 12:35 PM
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: blueJet
Posts: 4,514
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
03-08-2023, 07:15 PM
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Joined APC: Sep 2022
Posts: 25
Originally Posted by Boomer
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
03-09-2023, 04:39 AM
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Joined APC: Dec 2020
Position: Captain
Posts: 15
Originally Posted by Boomer
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
03-09-2023, 05:27 AM
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Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 360
Originally Posted by Boomer
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
My buddies and I had this same conversation recently. Took us about 10yrs from CFI to Jetblue. Years making crap wages, crap schedules, crap jobs. I had one of our gateway guys on my flight recently. CFI direct to Airbus. Had another guy ask me about JB since he was interested in applying. R-ATP, early 20s, and he asked about my background. When I listed off my jobs he goes "Wow, you've worked at A LOT of places!". Yeah no crap, that was the industry.
03-09-2023, 08:12 AM
I'm Blue
Joined APC: Aug 2020
Posts: 128
Originally Posted by Boomer
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
03-09-2023, 02:25 PM
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: blueJet
Posts: 4,514
Originally Posted by ExceedVne
… Btw, any tips for a new guy just getting ready to start?...
In other words, live well under your means. Don’t buy so much house, car, wife, or boat that you need to upgrade just to afford college or vacations.
Pay off your house as soon as you can and put enough money away that you can walk away from this career any time you want.
In this job, nobody’s crystal ball sees more than a couple years into the future. Whatever you do, don’t make 10-year financial decisions based on a 1-year job outlook. Spend the money you already have, not the money you might have depending on the next contract or projected upgrade times.
03-09-2023, 02:32 PM
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: blueJet
Posts: 4,514
And always remember that when something bad happens to your airline, it usually happens to all of them. More so than at any other professional job in the country, when things are good they’re pretty great - and when times are bad, they’re miserable… for 5 or 10 years at a time. If the economy tanks a month after you get your seniority number, it’s too late to switch to Delta or United. You’re probably stuck where you’re stuck, even if it’s at the bottom of a stagnant seniority list.
03-10-2023, 04:43 AM
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Joined APC: Oct 2012
Position: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
Posts: 2,918
Originally Posted by Boomer
“I applied in January, interviewed in February, started class on Monday”
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
To me this sounds as crazy as “I took the SAT in January, started medical school in February, did my first surgery today.”
Me: 6 years from first application to interview, 6 weeks until the Phase 2 email, then 6 months waiting for my class date.
I’m thrilled for these guys… but dang, was I born in the wrong century.
Oh it’s completely different now. I have flown with a few guys that are just out of college in 2019 instructed, regional JetBlue and off to a major within 4 years. Totally different from the world I grew up in. We will see how long it lasts. So far they all seem to understand it’s just timing not that they are some super aviators.
03-11-2023, 04:59 AM
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Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: blueJet
Posts: 4,514
Originally Posted by Swindler128
No wait is b6 really downgrading people? If so I wonder how this is not happening at nk yet. Ah that's right. Nk can't turn a profit ATM.
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