Just a quick update. Two-thirds of my upgrade training is now
complete. I returned to
Training has gone very
smoothly so far. I passed my oral exam
on Saturday which is really half of it.
All classroom instruction is completed.
Now it’s just flying.
The good news is that I just
found out an hour ago is that I will hold a line in November after I complete
training. There are enough scheduled lines
available that although I won’t be able to actually bid a line for November, the
scheduling department will build one for me as soon as I finish the training
process, instead of putting me on reserve for the month. That is because my seniority will be high
enough that I could have held a line if I wasn’t in training.
So it seems that by putting
off my upgrade training that I have indeed been successful in avoiding reserve
duty! Unless there are drastic changes to
our flight schedules there is no reason that I wouldn’t be able to hold a line
in December and beyond as more people senior to me leave the company. That does wonders for my time off and quality
of life.
My type ride is on Monday
10/23. It’s not really much different
from any other checkride that I’ve been through except that I’m doing it from
the left seat of the airplane and there is absolutely no room for error.