Right, but to say you're more under feet than help is ignorant. I think it's important to be around for your wife and the kid. It would be nice if fathers got some paid time off to be there.

So my wife isn’t allowed to make a joke AT ME without you calling her ignorant? If I’m not offended, why should you be? Worse yet, what gives you status to call her ignorant?

Get a life.

Take a breath snowflake. I just said that claiming that men just get in the way is ignorant and it's counterproductive. Whether or not you get in the way isn't my business.

Women are “ignorant and counterproductive” when they joke with their husbands because ChecklistMonkey says so. That your claim?

He called you a snowflake, that means you’ve already won and he’s just angry.

Some of you boys really need to get a sense of humor. Jeeez.

With the amount of time you are saying you "must" have off, it won't matter that they have spent money on you. At that point the money is lost since you'll be likely to need to start from scratch again anyway.

Your only realistic options are to either defer class (short times work, but the timeline you are talking about really does mean reapplying again) or accept whatever time off they give you (as stated elsewhere, they may still give you some additional time off, but it wont be what you are saying you want). Starting and then demanding you be allowed off after IOE contrary to company policy or (as applicable) union contract will just result in your services no longer being required and a difficult question at every airline interview for the rest of your career.

It's irony. Too deep obviously for you.

I was in the same position you are in - waiting for both a baby arrive and training to begin. I chose to have the baby first, then begin training 6 weeks later.

If I would've done training first then the baby delivery it would've been a disaster. I think you'll put your 121 career and family at risk, in exchange for a few months' seniority.

An airline training schedule is a best case scenario only, delays are almost assured. You may have to wait for sims, extra sim sessions, insteuctor or check airman calls in sick, wait for IOE or more IOE time needed.

Planning to complete training and IOE exaxtly as scheduled leaves no room for realistic setbacks. Training is never completed early, it is easily and often delayed.

Also, our baby arrived 2 weeks early. Will yours be early, potentially during IOE or sims?

Do you want to go to systems, sims and your checkride while your wife goes through the 3rd trimester alone?

A friend of mine in his first year at a regional was given 2 weeks unpaid leave for childbirth. I wouldn't expect 6 or 12 months to be granted, even if it was given you would have currency issues.

There's an awkward conversation coming between you and the airline. Tell them now and make plans to assure support for your wife and son. Take as much unpaid (unemployed) time as you want. Push back the training date then your fam can support you in training.

I don’t think anyone has mentioned this yet... isn’t there a FAR that requires a new first officer to get some hours right after the checkride? I think it’s 100 hours in 120 days or something like that.