Lateral Move
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Lateral Move
So here's the deal....
I didn't get the job at XYZ regional because it was my first one and came unprepared with the logbook and had an faa violation. Waited until the violation got cleared to apply to another regional which I now work for. However, now that I've started flying and commuting to work, it is getting to me and affecting my QoL and I've realized I'd much rather have my days off spent at home and not flying 5-6 hours home. Do I wait it out and see if it gets better, reapply to the other regional now that I can (I wouldn't have to commute) and leave immediately, or apply and wait a year to leave so that it looks better for future airlines when I decide to move on? Thank you for any feedback.
I didn't get the job at XYZ regional because it was my first one and came unprepared with the logbook and had an faa violation. Waited until the violation got cleared to apply to another regional which I now work for. However, now that I've started flying and commuting to work, it is getting to me and affecting my QoL and I've realized I'd much rather have my days off spent at home and not flying 5-6 hours home. Do I wait it out and see if it gets better, reapply to the other regional now that I can (I wouldn't have to commute) and leave immediately, or apply and wait a year to leave so that it looks better for future airlines when I decide to move on? Thank you for any feedback.
#2
So here's the deal....
I didn't get the job at XYZ regional because it was my first one and came unprepared with the logbook and had an faa violation. Waited until the violation got cleared to apply to another regional which I now work for. However, now that I've started flying and commuting to work, it is getting to me and affecting my QoL and I've realized I'd much rather have my days off spent at home and not flying 5-6 hours home. Do I wait it out and see if it gets better, reapply to the other regional now that I can (I wouldn't have to commute) and leave immediately, or apply and wait a year to leave so that it looks better for future airlines when I decide to move on? Thank you for any feedback.
I didn't get the job at XYZ regional because it was my first one and came unprepared with the logbook and had an faa violation. Waited until the violation got cleared to apply to another regional which I now work for. However, now that I've started flying and commuting to work, it is getting to me and affecting my QoL and I've realized I'd much rather have my days off spent at home and not flying 5-6 hours home. Do I wait it out and see if it gets better, reapply to the other regional now that I can (I wouldn't have to commute) and leave immediately, or apply and wait a year to leave so that it looks better for future airlines when I decide to move on? Thank you for any feedback.
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#4
nope. It looks bad to the computer algorithm screening the airline apps so your application doesn’t get seen by a human being at all. You’ve already got enough going against you with the FAA violation (which you will need to report even if you got it ‘cleared’). You do not want to make it even more difficult to get your app pulled, nor do you want to sit there and explain in an interview how you took a job, let them put you through training, and then reneged because you found yourself the junior man assigned to a base that was not your first choice, sitting reserve with a cr@ppy commute, cause guess what?
At any major that might hire you you will be the junior man, on reserve at some base that probably isn’t your first choice, with a cr@ppy commute.
at least if you wait out the year they won’t think you were resigning in lieu of being booted out your probationary year.
At any major that might hire you you will be the junior man, on reserve at some base that probably isn’t your first choice, with a cr@ppy commute.
at least if you wait out the year they won’t think you were resigning in lieu of being booted out your probationary year.
#5
nope. It looks bad to the computer algorithm screening the airline apps so your application doesn’t get seen by a human being at all. You’ve already got enough going against you with the FAA violation (which you will need to report even if you got it ‘cleared’). You do not want to make it even more difficult to get your app pulled, nor do you want to sit there and explain in an interview how you took a job, let them put you through training, and then reneged because you found yourself the junior man assigned to a base that was not your first choice, sitting reserve with a cr@ppy commute, cause guess what?
At any major that might hire you you will be the junior man, on reserve at some base that probably isn’t your first choice, with a cr@ppy commute.
at least if you wait out the year they won’t think you were resigning in lieu of being booted out your probationary year.
At any major that might hire you you will be the junior man, on reserve at some base that probably isn’t your first choice, with a cr@ppy commute.
at least if you wait out the year they won’t think you were resigning in lieu of being booted out your probationary year.
#6
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What about a move to your current domicile?
Think of it as an extended vacation.
You could get hired at your dream job in just another couple years. Waiting it out at your current job might be worth it.
Think of it as an extended vacation.
You could get hired at your dream job in just another couple years. Waiting it out at your current job might be worth it.
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