Withdrawing from 121 training.

This makes no sense, are you leaving flying or aren't you? Why even go back to the airlines? If that's what you're thinking, then maybe you should stay and build on your experience to actually go someplace that affords a livable life.

If you decide to skip on an airline and are going to work in the real world, why would you ever come back? The whole point is that you don't enjoy flying enough to stay. Why would it matter what's going to happen 5 years down the road? Just leave. If you come back you're going to start at the very bottom again.
 
Thanks for all the responses, think I am going to quit now while its still early on in the game.

The reasons I would come back to 121 is if they ever got entry level pay figured out or if I got laid off from the new place. I probably would never come back as long as pay for f/o's stays below 30k. I want too many goodies for that salary.

I could do 25k for 1 year just to offset the training costs to the company, but it better jump to 50k the next year. Will we ever see it? Probably not.

Just keeping my options open.

I'm not abandoning flying altogether, but the place I am going flies the planes via computer for alot more $$$.
 
Nightflight said:
Hypothetical real world situation.

So I'm in training now for a regional. I just got the offer for a different job outside of airlines that is a tremendously better QOL/pay/bennies.

With that said, if I withdraw from training and I ever get the itch to come back to the 121 world, how badly will that hurt me on interviews in the future? With this in mind I probably wouldn't ever look to come back for at least 5 years if ever. The pay is just to good and they pay to keep me current on all my flying.

No matter what I am taking the other job, it is just a matter of take it now, or wait 2 months before I start at the new place.

I'm kind of leaning towards finishing training. Might be painful now, but I think its a good safety valve down the road.
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We had a guy who was in MESA ground school get called for an interview with us back in 04 ish. Turns out he had left Mesa during ground school because he supposedly didn't think they were a safe operation. Well, our director of flt ops at the time happened to be walking the halls that day and HR went to him personally to ask his opinion. His only response was a big thumbs down. I'm just saying.....
 
Stryder said:
Finish the training. If I remember right there is now no limit to how far back a company can go to see your records and PRIA shows a lot more now than it used to. Also I believe a withdrawal from training is seen the same as a failure. I know if you go to upgrade and start class and then withdraw its considered a failure and you have to go take a pc just to get back in the right seat. Best thing to do is finish training with a clean record and then move on.
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'Course that whole "withdraw from upgrade is considered a failure" may just be how they handle it here. Don't want them planning on having a CA ready to abuse in DTW or JFK on reserve and suddenly not having him or her.....


mrivc211 said:
We had a guy who was in MESA ground school get called for an interview with us back in 04 ish. Turns out he had left Mesa during ground school because he supposedly didn't think they were a safe operation. Well, our director of flt ops at the time happened to be walking the halls that day and HR went to him personally to ask his opinion. His only response was a big thumbs down. I'm just saying.....
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Leaving for a class date, I could see. Leaving for an INTERVIEW? No way. I could see it now "So, you quit Pinnacle to interview here at jetBlue?" Yeah, I'd get that job....
 
Do you have a firm offer and a start date in writing? If not, then you do not have a new job yet.
 
Excellent. Then I would say go to HR, and tender your two week notice. Let the company decide what it wants to do. Just make sure that you save a copy of your written resignation. Maybe even get it notarized. Also make sure they they put it down as a resignation, not a terminiation, and that it is documented that you were in good standing is vis-a-vis training success.
 
How bout withdrawing from 135 training to accept a 121 gig? I did it. Better career advancement for the future, I hope.
 
Goto the best opportunity. Forget what people say and go with your heart rather than your brain.......YOUR FAMILY WILL ALWAYS APRECIATE IT.
If you ever have to explain your thinking later in the years just tell them the truth and let them judge if it was right or wrong.....if they think it was wrong then that proves that place was not for you.

We now live in an aviation world where there is no great company anymore...at any given time anyone of us could be out on the street. In the 121 world there will be further mergers, layoffs, startups and hiring. The glory days are forever gone never to return again.
 
Doug Taylor said:
I'd say follow your heart -----*>BUT<*----- use your head.

It's a small world and it all "depends".

Lateral jump? Wouldn't touch it. I almost considered doing the same thing my freshman year at Delta in order to go to United and if I did, I'd be furloughed probably.

If I was in ground school at say, Mesa and Jet Blue called, well, that's a different story.

It's easier to explain "Well, I was at Piedmont when Fed Ex called" than it would be "I was in ground school at ExpressJet when Skywest called".

JMHO.
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Nicely Put! I would agree with Doug completely! Been in that situation before.
 
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