IamEssential

This is a different case. I'm talking about your new airline finding out you used sick to make it to new hire class. You always take a risk abusing the two week notice at your old airline, never disbuted that.

captjns

Way back when… some 22 years ago… While on a two week vacation a pilot from our airline took a job with another carrier in our town. A counterpart at this airline. contacted our DO and asked if he aware the individual resigned from our company. He went on to say the the pilot was in basic Indoc on full pay. The pilot never gave notice and is still on our payroll, (double dipping). The counterpart provided, our DO, the pilot’s employment application, job offer letter and pilot’s acceptance letter. Two days later the pilot waltzed into operations, in uniform, expecting to fly. I guess his services were no longer required with his new former employer. HR called the pilot into their office, and was informed that his letter of resignation (the acceptance letter of employment for the new company), was accepted. Yeah some big cities are really small one traffic light country towns… word got around. I don’t care if one wants to move along. Don’t be a putz… but be a mensch… Be mature and professional. Give the required notice for obvious logistical planning.

sailingfun

You will be terminated from the new airline if they find out. Even if it's years later.

WHACKMASTER

We forgive you for thinking Halon was kidding. Years of being the biggest troll on APC lead you to that conclusion no doubt.

BlueSkies

I know you are our troll extraordinaire but I'm going to take this one seriously since I know (think) you're actually trying to leave Spirit.

If you could put vacation/off days in such a way that you could drop your 2 weeks notice only a few days from your new airline start date so you're more sure the class date will hold that might work, but make sure you're honest with your old airline about the class date at your new airline. I don't see why your old job would care in that situation unless I'm missing something.

I have one dated reference. I was going from a regional to a 2nd Tier airline and gave my 2 weeks notice on a Friday only to be told by my new airline on Monday that they screwed up and my class was actually a later one a few more weeks out.

I called the CPO and said "Is it OK if I push my 2 weeks back and keep working?" and they said, "sure, just send us a new resignation letter whenever you find out your next class date". No harm, no foul. Would it be like that at Spirit? I have no idea.

But I sure as heck wasn't going to put one or both jobs in jeopardy by using sick time to bridge the gap. For anyone else reading do NOT call out sick so you can overlap two airline jobs. That is a great way to get fired from BOTH jobs!

The bottom line is be professional, give 2 weeks notice, don't burn bridges, and don't abuse sick time. Aviation is a small world.

Good luck and I hope you find a new job.

rickair7777

Yes this has happened, and I assume will continue to happen as bright young sparks new to the industry and life roll in hot with innovative "new" ways to outsmart the system. Don't be one of them.

Absolutely minimize your "air gap" between employers, giving minimum required notice to stay in good standing, and ensure you actually have revenue flying on the day which you want to be your actual last day. But don't cheat with employment dates, they don't like it.

Halon1211

thanks for the info guys. I’ve decided today is the day to start my application to Delta because living near Atlanta base but I don’t mind commuting for while if I go to American.

kind of thought about it long and hard. but just kind of woke up this morning and said “F it!” I’m gonna spend all day today on the application and do it.

WHACKMASTER

Are you really or are you just trolling (again)?

MaxThrust1

Dude, no. Don’t do it unless you really want to be unemployed. People have been giving terrible advice. From your posts you’re targeting UA along with others? If that’s the case, they will find out so quick. We’ve terminated plenty of people at UA who thought they were slick. Sometimes months down the road, after training.

Some people think they beat the system until they get thrown to the curb 3-4 months in. And honestly, I love to see it!

Tread carefully with this.

CatPilot1

You love to see a family suffer bc the head of the household is an idiot? You’re a sick puppy.