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03-02-2015 | 04:37 AM
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It's been a few years since I left there so things may have changed. That said, they were very inflexible when it came to any sort of personal scheduling changes inside of training events for any reason.
Ask your self if you would be willing to quit if you don't get the time off. If you aren't, defer your start class until after your wedding.
Also, putting two high stress events together in the same time period probably isn't a good plan either. If you haven't had the chance to drink from the 121 training fire hose before, you will be in for a very hectic and intense time. Outside issues are only going to cause problems for you in the training environment.
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Ask your self if you would be willing to quit if you don't get the time off. If you aren't, defer your start class until after your wedding.
Also, putting two high stress events together in the same time period probably isn't a good plan either. If you haven't had the chance to drink from the 121 training fire hose before, you will be in for a very hectic and intense time. Outside issues are only going to cause problems for you in the training environment.
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03-02-2015 | 06:54 AM
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For your own wedding,far better to defer the class date until after the honeymoon. Another possibility would be to pre-arrange the time off when you accept the job offer. You cannot be gone during ground school (FAA mandates x-number of hours) but they could build gaps between ground school/sim/IOE. That would still be far from ideal, most brides manage to make a wedding into a major production, with drama and everything. Too much distraction.
Actually, I would suggest deferring the wedding until after you complete IOE at your career-destination major airline...
03-04-2015 | 05:36 AM
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IOE is usually scheduled for 35 hours. I did mine in two 17-hr trips over 8 days. That's for the 200... You'll get OOE (1 trip, 15 hrs) in the -700 after completing IOE, and after completing a day of ground and a day in the 700 sim.
I had a 9 day gap between my LOE (Dec. 20) and start of IOE (Dec. 29). Finished IOE on Jan 7 and did 700 sim on Jan 13, then 700 OOE by Jan. 21.
The 900 also requires a bit of OOE, I did mine in 3.5 hrs.
Of the 3 airplanes I like the 700 the best. Great performer (unlike the 200). If you want an eye-opening experience, do the leg I did last night... A Flaps 8 departure in a fully-loaded 200 out of Reno with cowls and wings on. We must have set off some car alarms at the far end of 16R, we were climbing so flat.
But the 200 is easiest to land consistently well, and is the sportiest to hand-fly. The 900's main appeal, to me, is the second lav up front
Have fun in training and good luck!
I had a 9 day gap between my LOE (Dec. 20) and start of IOE (Dec. 29). Finished IOE on Jan 7 and did 700 sim on Jan 13, then 700 OOE by Jan. 21.
The 900 also requires a bit of OOE, I did mine in 3.5 hrs.
Of the 3 airplanes I like the 700 the best. Great performer (unlike the 200). If you want an eye-opening experience, do the leg I did last night... A Flaps 8 departure in a fully-loaded 200 out of Reno with cowls and wings on. We must have set off some car alarms at the far end of 16R, we were climbing so flat.
But the 200 is easiest to land consistently well, and is the sportiest to hand-fly. The 900's main appeal, to me, is the second lav up front
Have fun in training and good luck!
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