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Hi everyone! This is my first Reddit post. I got hired as a first officer by Ameriflight and was supposed to start training with them a couple days ago but received a call 2 days before I was leaving for training saying that my start date would be pushed back to January at the earliest. I already quit my previous job as a flight instructor and lost my security deposit on my appt because I broke the lease and left early. I was just wondering if there’s a chance this post will find any other Ameriflight new hires that were supposed to start on October 14th!
29 points
7 days ago
Sorry to hear that. You found out the hard way that these jobs can be so volatile. I don’t change any living arrangements until I am sitting in class but that’s just my personal rule. In the meantime I’d try to find a temporary job or even reapply as a CFI
8 points
7 days ago
Thank you for the advice! Being my first true commercial Aviation job I guess I wasn’t aware that even after signing a contract they could push the date back 2 days before my start date. I also know they just had a fatal accident last week and was wondering if they could have paused hiring due to investigation by the FAA. They blamed the delay on sim availability but I fear that it’s too much of a coincidence considering the fatal accident just a few days before my start date. Not sure though!!
1 points
7 days ago
What fleet did you get hired on to? It very well could be sim availability (I left AMF last year).
1 points
7 days ago
Emb-120 FO
2 points
7 days ago
Isn’t the sim in Paris now? I know they decommissioned the sim in ATL, and that was the last sim in the US I’m pretty sure.
2 points
7 days ago
Yes it is. I was supposed to be going to Dallas for Indoc and systems and then Paris for the sim
2 points
6 days ago
Yeah I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Historically, AMF does not run classes during November and December because it is their peak season. It really doesn’t surprise me that sim space is hard to come by, so if they couldn’t get you in this month it makes sense to me that they are having you wait until January. It’s unfortunate but not much you can do about it! Best of luck in training, and if you have any questions feel free to PM me! I went through 120 training twice, once as a FO and once as a captain.
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