Conditional Offer of employment with an airline today!

[Jacoba]

I was given a conditional offer of employment with a regional airline today, my first airline job since I began my flying career in 1996.

I'm a bit excited even though I've heard more than one horror story about how life for a junior F/O can be at a regional. But hey, its what you make of it, I always say!

Anyways my class date is Oct 11, all thats left is for my background check to come back clean, drug test to come back and my references to check out... which all of that will, so I guess baring the end of the world or something, I'm off to the airline.

And my first jet job!   

[Cameron]

Congrats, Jacoba!

You'll find the atmosphere full of good people, and hopefully an easy commute to work (though that seems to be getting harder and harder these days!).

Any idea of where you'll be based and if you plan to re-locate? Reserve can be tough when you're a commuting employee, and I'm willing to bet that's where most of the horror stories come from!

Good luck with your training!

[-TheoGregory]

Well done Jacoba, Good luck. With any luck i'll be in your position soon, Got 9 out of 10 in my latern test but still a fail so gonna go to Australia to do an easier one  :.

What airline have you been given employment with?

Good luck with your training!

+1

-TheoGregory

[Jacoba]

Thanks guys!

I'm hoping for Memphis, I don't live that far from there and could commute via car actually.

That's where training will be is in Memphis.

I'm looking forward to it. 

[YYZatcboy]

Good Luck!

[Dhruv]

Given that you said training/base is in Memphis, I've got a pretty good idea who hired you...all I can say is "good luck"!

[Simmo W]

Congrats and good luck, you're living our dream Jacob! Just remember to keep your rendering settings low so the flights go smoooth  

[Oliver]

Congrats and good luck! LOL Simon! 

[AnonymousUser68]

Congrats and good luck, you're living our dream Jacob! Just remember to keep your rendering settings low so the flights go smoooth  

It's alright, I heard that at his airline the aircraft come inserted with i7s ;D. Good luck but will you still run x-plane?

[Simmo W]

Congrats and good luck! LOL Simon! 

Yeah, and I don't believe there is a cntrl-alt-delete reset for the Airbus..

[Oliver]

Congrats and good luck! LOL Simon! 

Yeah, and I don't believe there is a cntrl-alt-delete reset for the Airbus..

Hahaha! 

[steven winslow]

Congratulations, Jacoba!  You'll be living the dream!

[Jacoba]

Thanks guys!

I hope this is the beginning of a great adventure.

So far everyone I've met and dealt with at the company has been great, helpful and has welcomed all of us new-hires with open arms.  

I haven't felt this excited about a job since my first official flying job, in a Beech Barron many moons ago. I thought I was on top of the world then, flying cargo in a beat up old Baron all night.

Folks talk about having to work to stay current on night landing, but for us, back then we had to work hard to "stay current" on day landings!  :

There was about a year there that I did not log a single day takeoff or landing.  

[AnonymousUser68]

Jacoba can I ask why you stopped flying for such a long time. In the end it doesn't matter because you will be back in the air soon.

[Jacoba]

I've been flying all along.

I was a "victim" of the Sept 11, aviation industry downturn. Took me a few years to get back into a flying job and I currently work with a freight company flying MU-2's.

[Lukasz]

I wish you to have the same amount of takeoffs and landings! Please do not forget about us, humble "ground rats"

[samen]

Any idea to what plane you are being trained on? And dont say the MU-2

[Jacoba]

Any idea to what plane you are being trained on? And dont say the MU-2

They operate a fleet of over 120 CRJ's 200ER's and some 900's IIRC.

[samen]