Airnet training contract

[CrewDawg]

Not to hi-jack the thread but I have a question about the contract. I have been selected to go to training with an Air National Guard unit. But I am waiting (currently flight instructing) on my medical to clear which could take who knows how long. So here I am waiting for something that may never happen. I do not want to waste time sitting around waiting to for my medical, when I could be gaining some valuable experience. If I were to apply there, would this be something that would hinder me in getting and interview. Then if I were fortunate enough to get an interview, I would be inclined to let them know about my guard slot, would this also hinder my keep me from getting hired?

* Disclaimer - I do not consider flight instructing, "a waste of time." I am enjoying flight instruction, but would like to move on and get some great experience that flying for AirNet provides.

 

[Onlyflyfreight]

Not to hi-jack the thread but I have a question about the contract. I have been selected to go to training with an Air National Guard unit. But I am waiting (currently flight instructing) on my medical to clear which could take who knows how long. So here I am waiting for something that may never happen. I do not want to waste time sitting around waiting to for my medical, when I could be gaining some valuable experience. If I were to apply there, would this be something that would hinder me in getting and interview. Then if I were fortunate enough to get an interview, I would be inclined to let them know about my guard slot, would this also hinder my keep me from getting hired?

* Disclaimer - I do not consider flight instructing, "a waste of time." I am enjoying flight instruction, but would like to move on and get some great experience that flying for AirNet provides.

As long as you are upfront with your situation I don't see a problem on your part. However I'm not sure how "desirable" you would be for employment unless you can commit to the training contract. I do think that after a year they would happily let you go and let you keep your seniority number when/if you return.

Your best bet is to call the recruitment department and just ask!

Listen, I apologise for using using the term 'prick' generally - I was aiming that to 'flying4pennies'. Maybe I should have asked the question in a different way, but I am a little fed up of asking (or looking at people asking questions) and fellow users taking a stab at them. I didn't think anyone else was condescending or particularly hostile towards me. All other replies were happily taken on board. Maybe I should have just asked if training contracts in general hold up, but as Airnet was the company in question yesterday, I thought I'd just ask it as such. I'm just a little fed up of people using such high and mighty attitude towards others on here.

Listen your not going to hell for asking questions, but if you don't put some thought into how form your questions, you better have thick skin. Besides the minute you start using words like "prick" I think you lost most discussions.

In any event I'll have to second the opinion of most of my colleagues on the training contract. Go somewhere else if you don't intend on honoring it!

 

[rubicon789]

PRICK!

I've been called worse. As 100fly said, AirNet is a great place to work, yea business is changing, and yea our CEO needs some help. But all in all, it's a great place to work if you can hang with the schedule.

Think of it like this because what goes around comes around.
Put yourself in the position of Boss/CEO whatever, when it comes to the training contract. What would you do if your employee's eat up your $$$'s all the time while in training, then worked a few months, then left your company for somewhere else. After the first few you would start getting pretty worried and lose trust in your staff. Yes, people break there contract, but as someone else said before aviation is a very small community. Forget the legal things, people talk and recruiters are friends with each other so word travels....

 

[Princedietrich]

The CEO doesn't need help. He needs a .44 caliber bullet to the brainstem.

 

[ComputerGuy]

IMHO, there's a world of difference between someone who has to break the training contract because of a National Guard commitment that he was up front with Airnet about prior to being hired (unit gets deployed two months after starting at Airnet for example) and joining Airnet with the INTENTION of breaking the training contract if "something better" should come along....

 

[Guillotine007]

no offense...but if you have 400TT (per your profile) it won't really matter.

 

[CrewDawg]

no offense...but if you have 400TT (per your profile) it won't really matter.

Nah, I just haven't updated that in a while. Thanks for the replies.

 

[starcheck208]

whether you break a contract or not, how would it look to future employers if you leave a place after a few months. Military leave is a different story of course.

 

[flyin4pennies]

whether you break a contract or not, how would it look to future employers if you leave a place after a few months. Military leave is a different story of course.

I'm willing to bet that most recruiters know that Airnet has a training agreement and if you show up on their doorstep with only 4-5-6 months in, their most likely gonna question this

 

[Photoflight]

I know Airnet is not like this but breaking a training contract is perfectly acceptable, to me, if the place is trying to get you to do dangerous/illegal things. However going in with the intention of not sticking out the commitment is shady at best.