A Problem And an ACC Question

[luvz2fli]

Ok, basically I sent in my resume for ACC a few months ago and never got a word from them. I started applying for flight school jobs and then recently got hired and started instructing less than a week ago. I like my flight instructing job but I just got a call to interview with ACC. What would you guys do? Continue flying 172s and some high performance planes here and there or would you go for the interview? If you go for the interview, what do you tell your boss since you just got hired?

Also does anybody know if the Charleston base has a high seniority should I get hired? Thanks for the responses and please give serious answers. I really don't care to read smart remarks please.

 

[DrProc]

Go ahead and interview, and if you do get hired, then make the decision. Flight school operators know that you are going to move on, some get pissed, but they know it is coming. Multiengine turbine, FAR 135, with a fairly short upgrade, is definitely better than single engine time. Especially with a reputable company like ACC.

 

[NoPax]

Go for the interview.

Be upfront with your boss - tell him you took the instructing job, assuming that they weren't going to call, but things have changed - "I'm sure you understand".

If you get the job with ACC, give two weeks notice at the flight school, and reassign your students to new instructors. Oversee a lesson or two with both the new instructor and the student - set a great example for your fellow instructors and students.

If things don't work out at ACC, at least you can go and ask for your instructing job back.

 

[OzBushWhacker]

CRW - Charleston, WV has low seniority and usually goes to someone straight out of class. Well it was just open, as was BKW down the road.


If you interview it will prob be a few months until class starts so i'd interview.

 

[luvz2fli]

Ok basically I found out today that if I go for the interview I'll get fired from my instructing job. I have a 6 month lease right now and I'm in the first month. There's no guarantee that I'll get the job and I am rather worried about losing this job and then not getting the job from ACC. I don't know what I'd do about the lease and then having to find another job on top of that. I also found out that if I get hired, I wouldn't get a class date until june.

Also I was referring to charleston, sc.

 

[Junkflyer]

If your curent job wants to fire you just for going to an interview, its probably time to find a new job.

 

[cargojunkie]

what about the indy base..... how senior is it?..............Do you have pilots based in sdf

 

[BWatz]

That is just wrong. You definately need to find another job. On principle alone...

 

[Scube3]

Get sick, have an emergency....in other words, find an excuse to go to the interview...and don't tell anybody. Good luck!

Scube.

 

[frmrBUFFdrvr]

Get sick, have an emergency....in other words, find an excuse to go to the interview...and don't tell anybody. Good luck!

Scube.

I'm an assistant CP with AMF and if one of my guys called in sick or used some other excuse to go to an interview, I would be extremely PO'd. I know that our company isn't a final destination for most pilots. And I tell the guys at my base that if they have an interview, let me know and I will do everything in my power to cover their run so they can go.

That being said, it's pretty chicken s*** of your employer, who KNOWS hardly anyone would be there for good, to fire you for going to in interview. So, in this case, I would side with Scube and say go to the interview and do everything you can to keep your employer from finding out. I would STILL try to give them 2 week notice if you get the job. And if he fires you then, you can tell the new company you can take an earlier class.