Letter of Resignation help

[navyflyer]

Moving from airline to airline, looking for advice on submitting the letter of resignation/format/content. I am leaving on good standing, should I call and give heads up? Due to my location, I have to fax it in, is that acceptable?

Any particular buzzwords I need to include?
Thanks!

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Moving from airline to airline, looking for advice on submitting the letter of resignation/format/content. I am leaving on good standing, should I call and give heads up? Due to my location, I have to fax it in, is that acceptable?

Any particular buzzwords I need to include?
Thanks!

simple as possible and registered/certified mail if cant be hand delivered!

 

[Swaayze]

Fax is fine IMO but follow up to make sure they got it.

Content basically unimportant except for the date of your last day, and do not burn a bridge!

 

[Jolly Roger]

Yes,

Go out as gracefully as possible, for sure. Perhaps even a little face time with a chief or boss would go a long way. Who knows, you might even want your old job back someday.

BTW, who are you leaving? Someone here might want that job!

 

[Hugh Johnson]

simple as possible and registered/certified mail if cant be hand delivered!

What he said. If they owe you vacations/sick time, 401 (k) monies, etc, they can't fudge the date.

 

[Publishers]

I think if they treated you reasonably well, thank them for the opportunity, you are moving on for personal reasons but your time with them was well spent, you learned a good deal, and, you wish them nothing but success.

 

[EMB170Pilot]

what I wanted to say:

TO: Da BOSSMAN

FROM: Disgruntled employee

I would like to inform you that you stink and I hate working here. I realize that you don’t give a sh!t and that I am expendable and easily replaceable. I would also like to inform you of my highly painful and contagious genital rash that this paper was rubbed on.

Have A Nice Day A$$hole!

what I ended up saying was a lot nicer though Just make it short and sweet and thank him/her for your employment at the company. and keep a copy of it

 

[PastFastMover]

Keep it professional. Never burn a bridge ever. You really never know what will happen in the future. People you never ever thought you would run into 15 or 20 years from now always seem to pop up.

 

[BoilerAV8TR]

always try to give the standard two weeks. dosn't really matter to hourly laborers like pilots, but goes along the lines of don't burn any bridges. All it needs to include is separation date. Short and sweet is best. If you want to thank you CP, do it over the phone or in person. They usually want to do an exit interview anyway.

 

[navyflyer]

Thanks everybody. I am a firm believer in "Don't burn your bridges", so, that won't be a problem. You all answered my questions, short, sweet, two weeks, and I should send it register mail. I just can't get up to the company to hand deliver it. One other question, should I give the Chief Pilot a heads up (call) before I send it?

To answer Jolly Roger, I'm leaving Comair and going to a major. I had a blast at Comair, great people, fun airplane, opportunity elsewhere in a more stable company has presented itself.