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joemc91 · 04-29-2005, 08:23 PM

I just called my voicemail and had a message from Trans States Airlines offering me a May 9th class date for a first officer position flying jets! This is amazing! I have a problem though, I don't want the May 9th class date. I would rather take a class date the next month, but I'm not sure if it's a garunteed in or not if I put it off. My concern is that my graduation ceremony is the weekend after May 9th and I really need some time off. At this point I would be going directly from a final on Friday to ERJ indocrination on Monday. Thanks for any advice you may be able to give!

Sage · 04-29-2005, 08:29 PM

call the company up, talk to HR, thank them profusely, explain why you would want a different date, and ask if you can get a different date. if you're in, you're in, and a training session scheduling conflict won't make a difference. I'd imagine they'd be happier to have you rested and ready to work then frazzled after graduation!

fallsauce · 04-29-2005, 09:03 PM

Man, what a position to be in!

amonkie · 04-29-2005, 09:25 PM

Congratulations! Being in the air is a wonderful feeling ...

Chuckles · 04-29-2005, 11:38 PM

congrats man :P

joemc91 · 05-01-2005, 03:04 PM

Well, after much discussion with friends at the airline, my family, and people who have been in the business for many years, I've decided to take the class date. I already have a place to crash down there and a lot of the people in my class were also in my Purdue class. Thanks for the help!

Carno · 05-01-2005, 03:10 PM

Yeah I wouldn't try and screw around with it at all. With the job situation being what it is, they could easily find another pilot.

Congrats on getting the job.

04-29-2005, 08:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
joemc91 Insane Location: Chicago	I got a job! I just called my voicemail and had a message from Trans States Airlines offering me a May 9th class date for a first officer position flying jets! This is amazing! I have a problem though, I don't want the May 9th class date. I would rather take a class date the next month, but I'm not sure if it's a garunteed in or not if I put it off. My concern is that my graduation ceremony is the weekend after May 9th and I really need some time off. At this point I would be going directly from a final on Friday to ERJ indocrination on Monday. Thanks for any advice you may be able to give!

04-29-2005, 08:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sage hoarding all the big girl panties since 2005 Location: North side	call the company up, talk to HR, thank them profusely, explain why you would want a different date, and ask if you can get a different date. if you're in, you're in, and a training session scheduling conflict won't make a difference. I'd imagine they'd be happier to have you rested and ready to work then frazzled after graduation! __________________ Sage knows our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's She answers hard acrostics, has a pretty taste for paradox She quotes in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus In conics she can floor peculiarities parabolous -C'hi

04-29-2005, 09:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
fallsauce Insane	Man, what a position to be in! __________________ "Hey little kitty with your tail dragging on the floor You could have a following in every town that you go" Electric Six - I Invented The Night

04-29-2005, 09:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Congratulations! Being in the air is a wonderful feeling ... __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

04-29-2005, 11:38 PM	#5 (permalink)
Chuckles Insane Location: California	congrats man :P

05-01-2005, 03:04 PM	#6 (permalink)
joemc91 Insane Location: Chicago	Well, after much discussion with friends at the airline, my family, and people who have been in the business for many years, I've decided to take the class date. I already have a place to crash down there and a lot of the people in my class were also in my Purdue class. Thanks for the help!

05-01-2005, 03:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Carno Junkie	Yeah I wouldn't try and screw around with it at all. With the job situation being what it is, they could easily find another pilot. Congrats on getting the job.