Continental training
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Continental training
Does anyone know about CALs new hire training? I hear it is 9 weeks long but I was wondering if they could shed more light on it in regards to pay while in training and if the company pays for the expenses like hotel and per diem while you are in this training? Thanks for your insight.
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CAL pays for a hotel. You check in the night before your start date and check-out after you finish. They also provide pass travel home on the weekends/days off. Per diem is paid 24/7 from the moment you arrive until the moment you finish. That equates to about $1,200 a month tax free, which is good because you're only getting paid 72 hours at $30/hr.
My first year plan was to continually bust different portions of training so that I could keep earning the per-diem and graduate with enough people behind me so that I wouldn't have to sit reserve. Unfortunately, it's such a cakewalk of training that I was unable to succeed at my plan and found myself in IOE a short 7 weeks later!
My first year plan was to continually bust different portions of training so that I could keep earning the per-diem and graduate with enough people behind me so that I wouldn't have to sit reserve. Unfortunately, it's such a cakewalk of training that I was unable to succeed at my plan and found myself in IOE a short 7 weeks later!
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Not sure where you heard that. It is an issue that needs immediate attention though.
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First, I need to state again, that I "heard" this. Source is someone who sits in on meetings that discuss issues that CAL is facing and how to live up to the Most Admired Airline of 2007. The jest is that is seems that these two issues are at the forefront of the company's perspective and with wanting to hire high caliber people.
#8
Don't hurry too fast through training. Your largest paycheck your first year will be the one with a full months training and the continuous per deim. I just got done with a 112 credit hour month (Rx days, assigned trips with releases after original pairing termination at 150%), and the paycheck was still smaller than my training paycheck. As for insurance, I'll believe it when I see it, thank god my wifes got a "real" job.
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First, I need to state again, that I "heard" this. Source is someone who sits in on meetings that discuss issues that CAL is facing and how to live up to the Most Admired Airline of 2007. The jest is that is seems that these two issues are at the forefront of the company's perspective and with wanting to hire high caliber people.
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Your "real" job is one that a lot of guys would kill for. Why did you "take" it if you didn't really want it? I have a boatload of friends that would die to have your "fake" job. Everyone has been in the "no insurance" "low paycheck" part of a career. 99% of us have survived it. Some airlines have better pay/benefits to start, but I highly doubt many have pilots upgrading to captain in under two years......something happening at CAL as we speak. THAT could lead to one hell of a financially rewarding and great career............ then again, maybe flying an ERJ would be better than flying a Boeing product (since I've flown both, I wouldn't give you 10 cents for an ERJ). JMHO
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