Two week notice right after recurrent?

[Gulfstream 200]

You could just ask them NOT to send you to recurrent, and tell them why. That works for everyone! And how simple.

We are assuming he didn't have the job until right after the recurrent.

I wouldn't say a peep about a job possibility until its official and you give your notice.

If the job was offered and accepted before recurrent then yes I totally agree with the above.

 

[ultrarunner]

Ahh.....got. I was thinking the other way. As always, in hindsight, I suppose one could always "delay" a recurrent if you thought an offer was imminent, but yeah, I'd agree with you in that you do what you can with respect to this sort of thing.

Ultra

 

[400A]

I would not worry about it. If the Chief Pilot is worried about his training budget, the answer is to hire someone who is current and does not need immediate recurrent. In today's pilot market, that is not hard to do. That is what I did when my co-worker left a month or two after recurrent. He had been with us six years and got a great opportunity. While we hated to lose him, being a one airplane department, it was the only way for him to advance his career. We are still best of friends, and even used him on contract with the new employers blessing a few times.

Now the guy that left 2 weeks after I typed him...... Different story completely.

 

[guido411]

I would not worry about it. If the Chief Pilot is worried about his training budget, the answer is to hire someone who is current and does not need immediate recurrent. In today's pilot market, that is not hard to do. That is what I did when my co-worker left a month or two after recurrent. He had been with us six years and got a great opportunity. While we hated to lose him, being a one airplane department, it was the only way for him to advance his career. We are still best of friends, and even used him on contract with the new employers blessing a few times.

Now the guy that left 2 weeks after I typed him...... Different story completely.

So the guy has been there 6 years, he doesn't owe you anything obviously. You haven't had to pay for an initial for 6 years but then you go cheap out and hire a guy that is current rather than looking for the "right" guy to save a few bucks? Hope my training budget is never that tight.

 

[jet2work]

So the guy has been there 6 years, he doesn't owe you anything obviously. You haven't had to pay for an initial for 6 years but then you go cheap out and hire a guy that is current rather than looking for the "right" guy to save a few bucks? Hope my training budget is never that tight.

^^^^

Comprehension problem.

 

[Wankel7]

The company could cut you in a heartbeat. They would say, "It is nothing personal, it's just business".

 

[Midnight Flyer]

Not a single one, and you shouldn't feel bad in the least. Did you do your job well while you were there? Did you give proper notice? Thank you and good luck!

One cannot time the opportunities in career/life that come along on the way to your goals. Pilots need to be trained, its not a perk or a bonus...and its certainly not an "investment" in you (as you describe above) Its training so that you can do the job we hired you to do. The timing cant be planned. Is it bad timing? yep. Not much you can do about that.

Unfortunately, too many pea-brained pilot manager types DO take these things personally in this business....let them. Keep moving along until you reach where you want to be. Sometimes goodbyes are not pretty, but always stick to proper notice and honesty.

Congrats on the new job!

exactly right.

and my opinion is, that recurrent costs them $0, because they'll run the class anyway, you're just another body sitting in the room breathing air.
The only possible cost is the electricity required to run the sim for your 4 hour checkride.

Take your recurrent, and go to your new job. congrats

 

[DUATS]

Ethical obligations include a 12 month commitment to your employer every time you attend recurrent training. Sorry but you are stuck.

You are kidding, right? The only ethical obligation I see is to notify the old employer of your intention to leave as soon as you have a written offer from the new employer. If that is a week before recurrent, old has the option to cancel. If it is the week after recurrent, there is no ethical obligation to do anything but give proper notice.

 

[guido411]

You are kidding, right? The only ethical obligation I see is to notify the old employer of your intention to leave as soon as you have a written offer from the new employer. If that is a week before recurrent, old has the option to cancel. If it is the week after recurrent, there is no ethical obligation to do anything but give proper notice.

Yes I was kidding. But seriously, I have this bridge in England I'd like to show you. Make you a sweetheart of a deal on it.

 

[DUATS]

Yes I was kidding. But seriously, I have this bridge in England I'd like to show you. Make you a sweetheart of a deal on it.

Hey, I already bought that bridge and moved it to Arizona. You gotta come out and see it sometime. Special for you - only ten bucks!!!! Much cheaper than a trip to England.....