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03-08-2023 | 11:10 AM
On Reserve
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From: Captain
I’m in the April 12 class as well. I was really hoping to get into the March 29 class, but it seems it filled up pretty fast and I’ve been told it’s a smaller class. They told me they’d call if there was an opening, but no call as of yet 
03-08-2023 | 12:35 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,628
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From: blueJet
“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
Line Holder
Joined: Sep 2022
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“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
On Reserve
Joined: Dec 2020
Posts: 16
Likes: 0
From: Captain
“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
Line Holder
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 509
Likes: 80
“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: Aug 2020
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“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
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,628
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From: blueJet
Bid Boston, live in base, and bid reserve. Create a budget that stays under 75 hrs per month and be smart on how you save or spend the rest.
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.
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
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 4,628
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From: blueJet
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: Oct 2012
Posts: 3,255
Likes: 51
From: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
“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.
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