dilemma with nj app

[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 by the time you are released your are no longer current and need IOE again....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!