Weekends in training
#6
I have two young kids at home so I'll deal with the stress to get to see them on weekends. I'm just trying to figure out when our flight benefits kick in and if it will be possible to fly back and see them with those, or if I'll have to buy tickets to do it.
#7
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: 737 FO
Posts: 2,480
You likely won't get your badge until close to the end of ground school. That's when you are able to jump seat. Once you start your sim/ftd schedule, your days off will not necessarily fall on the weekend.
#9
If you have to ask the question, it's probably your first 121 training event. You might not be able to afford spending every weekend not studying.
That said, plenty of people do it and I've never heard of a new hire getting fired because they didn't make it back on Monday morning. You could probably get away with that... once.
#10
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2007
Posts: 187
I wouldn't expect to be able to go home for Indoc and Initial Ground. Some weekends you will have class or required studying to do, and you will have to devote a large portion of your day to get it done in your hotel room. After Indoc but before Initial Ground starts you will have 4 days of not being in a classroom but you will have 4 days to get all of your CBTs done; which will require at least 8+ hours a day minimum to get them done on time.
Long story short, unless you've done prior 121 Indoc and/or Initial Ground and feel confident going in with what material will be covered, I would not expect to be able to go home until you are done with ground school. You won't even get your flight benefits until the later half of Initial Ground, either. Even if you do go home, you will need to be studying. There are plenty of CBTs and homework you will be assigned, not to mention reviewing the mass amounts of material you will get through class.
Long story short, unless you've done prior 121 Indoc and/or Initial Ground and feel confident going in with what material will be covered, I would not expect to be able to go home until you are done with ground school. You won't even get your flight benefits until the later half of Initial Ground, either. Even if you do go home, you will need to be studying. There are plenty of CBTs and homework you will be assigned, not to mention reviewing the mass amounts of material you will get through class.
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