dilemma with nj app

[skyguy40]

I just received an application from nja. I want to fill it out and send it in right away…..however I’m not sure if I shouldn’t wait a few weeks at least. So I come to you guys for some of your thoughts.
So here is my story. I am just about to start OE with 9E. I have been out of aviation for one year as I had to resign from TSA before ….they wouldn’t grant a leave of absence. Talk about jumping from the frying pan in to the fire. I know nj is looking for recent flying experience and I have none to offer unless I wait a few weeks. And even then its only a few hours. I really want my app to be excepted so I don’t want to screw this up.
Anyway, please feel free to offer any thoughts or advice.
Thanks in advance.
David

 

[Duke of Ale]

If you have received an application, then your resume has been accepted so I believe I would submit it now and continue with what you are doing.

 

[Vegaspilot99]

If you have received an application, then your resume has been accepted so I believe I would submit it now and continue with what you are doing.

Thats what I did. Sent it in last Friday. Wait and see.

 

[Guitar Guy]

If you received the app, fill it out and get in the queue for an interview. With the wait times for most people, you'll likely have ample time to finish IOE and get a few months on line before an interview.

If you are really concerned about the lack of recent flying and how it could affect your application, attach a letter stating your situation. Be sure to highlight that you've passed training at 9E and are now in the IOE program.

By the way, I think you want your application to be "accepted" not "excepted".

 

[Johnlp3]

Wait until you are current to send the app! Trust me. I sent a resume and got the app back, but was not granted an interview due to currency (confirmed by Derinda). I now have to wait 6 months and get current!!

 

[gunfyter]

Wait until you are current to send the app! Trust me. I sent a resume and got the app back, but was not granted an interview due to currency (confirmed by Derinda). I now have to wait 6 months and get current!!

This is correct.

I was not current when I received my application in 1998. I went through the same thing. Get current. This was the correct answer in 1998 and I believe they are only more strict on this now

 

[skyguy40]

Thanks for all of your input guys. I am current with 40 hours of sim time that I just completed last week. Sometimes I even had two working engine and wasn't on fire. By the end of the week I will have finished my "oe". So I'm on my way. At least then I can have 25 hours to fill in for recent experience.
Anyway, thanks again.
David

 

[Guitar Guy]

Wait until you are current to send the app! Trust me. I sent a resume and got the app back, but was not granted an interview due to currency (confirmed by Derinda). I now have to wait 6 months and get current!!

If he finished a 121 training program and is on his way through IOE, it sounds like he is current.

 

[Johnlp3]

I guess I should clarify. Recency of experience is what will be considered for competitiveness. I am "current" but was not competitive because of my recent experience (FE time and SIM time don't count). Make sure you read both flight time grids carefully.

 

[learflyer]

any one get hired with no recent flying in the last year but is legally current? I haven't flown in about a year (real world, autopilot on, arms crossed). I am however a ground/sim instructor and I interview soon. I hope that outweighs my lack of "recency."

 

[Guitar Guy]

I would think that if you've got the interview scheduled, that should indicate that the recruiters consider you to be sufficiently current.

Good luck on the interview.

 

[learflyer]

Thanks.

 

[Club ORD FO]

Wait until you are current. In my cover letter and resume I sent, I told them I had not flown in 6 months. They sent me an app, I spent 3 days of my life filling it in, then they turned me down. I called to find out why, and was told it was because of my lack of recent flight time. Even though I had 4000+ hours of turbine 121 time, they wanted 200 hours in 6 months. If they would have bothered to read my cover letter, I would not have wasted my time on the app.

 

[LAZYB]

Wait until you are current. In my cover letter and resume I sent, I told them I had not flown in 6 months. They sent me an app, I spent 3 days of my life filling it in, then they turned me down. I called to find out why, and was told it was because of my lack of recent flight time. Even though I had 4000+ hours of turbine 121 time, they wanted 200 hours in 6 months. If they would have bothered to read my cover letter, I would not have wasted my time on the app.

ditto

there is some unwritten figure for recency of currency...

had a new LR45XR type - within 12 mos, and a B-747 school - within 24 mos, no joy...

i got the app and filled it out, submitted, but no offer of interview. kept in touch with Derinda while i was hanging out with Club ORD FO at Flex. :beer:

 

[JettBoii]

How long does it take to hear back from NJ after you submit your application?

 

[gunfyter]

I don't have recent experience with this but... I would expect it could take longer than it has in the past since the amount of applications is much higher than before and the same number of people are doing the work of sorting through things.

We had a similar experience with expense reports as the number of pilots submitting expenses doubled and tripled but the same number of people processing. Also with training records being filed before one gets released to the line... by the time you are released your are no longer current and need IOE again....

So don't think they forgot about you.

 

[JettBoii]

Thanks Gunfyter; its been about three weeks. Do they send you a "thanks but no thanks" email if your application is not accepted?

 

[gunfyter]

If its been 3 weeks I would send an email requesting status

 

[Jafo73]

Summer of 2006 it was close to a month before I got an email saying my application was accepted.

 

[JettBoii]

I received the application accepted email yesterday!