Getting Weekends Off For School
01-15-2018, 12:19 PM
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Getting Weekends Off For School
I'm looking at a few master's degree programs that meet for one weekend a month and that weekend will never fall on a holiday weekend.
What are the chances of me getting into a regional where I could a) have those weekends off and b) maybe get a letter to the school saying I'd be free? I figure someone with PBS has a good chance of A but the B part is something some of the schools want to see.
I really don't care for online education, so this is probably the best way for me to make it happen. I can stay in my current career field for the two years, but that means I miss out on seniority and the airlines miss out on an awesome pilot.
What are the chances of me getting into a regional where I could a) have those weekends off and b) maybe get a letter to the school saying I'd be free? I figure someone with PBS has a good chance of A but the B part is something some of the schools want to see.
I really don't care for online education, so this is probably the best way for me to make it happen. I can stay in my current career field for the two years, but that means I miss out on seniority and the airlines miss out on an awesome pilot.
01-15-2018, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by OnGlidePath
I'm looking at a few master's degree programs that meet for one weekend a month and that weekend will never fall on a holiday weekend.
What are the chances of me getting into a regional where I could a) have those weekends off and b) maybe get a letter to the school saying I'd be free? I figure someone with PBS has a good chance of A but the B part is something some of the schools want to see.
I really don't care for online education, so this is probably the best way for me to make it happen. I can stay in my current career field for the two years, but that means I miss out on seniority and the airlines miss out on an awesome pilot.
What are the chances of me getting into a regional where I could a) have those weekends off and b) maybe get a letter to the school saying I'd be free? I figure someone with PBS has a good chance of A but the B part is something some of the schools want to see.
I really don't care for online education, so this is probably the best way for me to make it happen. I can stay in my current career field for the two years, but that means I miss out on seniority and the airlines miss out on an awesome pilot.
01-16-2018, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by OnGlidePath
I'm looking at a few master's degree programs that meet for one weekend a month and that weekend will never fall on a holiday weekend.
What are the chances of me getting into a regional where I could a) have those weekends off and b) maybe get a letter to the school saying I'd be free? I figure someone with PBS has a good chance of A but the B part is something some of the schools want to see.
I really don't care for online education, so this is probably the best way for me to make it happen. I can stay in my current career field for the two years, but that means I miss out on seniority and the airlines miss out on an awesome pilot.
What are the chances of me getting into a regional where I could a) have those weekends off and b) maybe get a letter to the school saying I'd be free? I figure someone with PBS has a good chance of A but the B part is something some of the schools want to see.
I really don't care for online education, so this is probably the best way for me to make it happen. I can stay in my current career field for the two years, but that means I miss out on seniority and the airlines miss out on an awesome pilot.
01-16-2018, 08:10 PM
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If you are at a junior base with PSA (DAY/CVG/DCA), you should be about to hold a line within 2-3 months of completing training. Then, you can use the SAP to take any time off that you want. Once you hold a line, you can take every weekend off.
With the senior bases, it will take 6-8 months from new hire.
Schedule Adjustment Period (SAP) will let you take any days off that you want. No questions asked.
You can be with the company 3 months out of training in a junior base, have every weekend and holiday off, and work as few as 12 days a month or as much as 19 days a month, depending on how much you want to fly.
If it takes you 2 years to get every weekend and holiday off, then you are doing it very, very wrong.
With the senior bases, it will take 6-8 months from new hire.
Schedule Adjustment Period (SAP) will let you take any days off that you want. No questions asked.
You can be with the company 3 months out of training in a junior base, have every weekend and holiday off, and work as few as 12 days a month or as much as 19 days a month, depending on how much you want to fly.
If it takes you 2 years to get every weekend and holiday off, then you are doing it very, very wrong.
01-17-2018, 06:20 AM
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It will not happen under any circumstances in a seniority system, until you have the necessary seniority.
If they made exceptions like that, then many folks would come up with excuses why they needed weekends off.
If they made exceptions like that, then many folks would come up with excuses why they needed weekends off.
01-17-2018, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by AboveAndBeyond
If you are at a junior base with PSA (DAY/CVG/DCA), you should be about to hold a line within 2-3 months of completing training. Then, you can use the SAP to take any time off that you want. Once you hold a line, you can take every weekend off.
With the senior bases, it will take 6-8 months from new hire.
Schedule Adjustment Period (SAP) will let you take any days off that you want. No questions asked.
You can be with the company 3 months out of training in a junior base, have every weekend and holiday off, and work as few as 12 days a month or as much as 19 days a month, depending on how much you want to fly.
If it takes you 2 years to get every weekend and holiday off, then you are doing it very, very wrong.
With the senior bases, it will take 6-8 months from new hire.
Schedule Adjustment Period (SAP) will let you take any days off that you want. No questions asked.
You can be with the company 3 months out of training in a junior base, have every weekend and holiday off, and work as few as 12 days a month or as much as 19 days a month, depending on how much you want to fly.
If it takes you 2 years to get every weekend and holiday off, then you are doing it very, very wrong.
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