I don’t think I’m getting furloughed for the record. I’m just wondering why I’m paying for a union that thinks I’m non essential and doesn’t tell me anything during a pandemic. At least the training manager checks in once every 6 weeks.
I mean you are getting paid to not work. Ya pity you the union sucks /s.
I’m 2 years into a training program too. I also get all the usually faa delays everyone deals with. Plus gov shutdown. We just want information. I’m glad I’m getting paid. But saying it’s unsafe now and knowing this is going to be like this for another year or whatever is a little unsettling.
You are missing the point.... Are you at a Z?
I think they extend the training hold from May til June for the exact thing I said in my previous post. They’re waiting to see what traffic does. That’s literally the only answer I think they have to give you at this point. Once the traffic picks up training will too. And to be clear, I’m not saying it needs to pick up to where it was before hand because like you and everyone else has said, traffic will remain down for quite awhile. But will it stay 70-80 percent down? No. It’s climbing ever so slightly week by week. And once it gets to a point where they can actually train, which will be a facility by facility basis, you will get answers as to a plan for training. But until then the plan is to wait until the traffic makes it even possible to train. And unfortunately there’s really no concrete way to forecast that. I could be completely wrong lol but that’s just how I see it
Thats the problem, everything is opinions with nothing actually being communicated. Maybe you are spot on, maybe OJT cant continue until social distancing isnt a thing anymore because of the trainer/trainee proximity. The communication as to any sort of plan is the issue
Almost two months. Just need to get your currency time each month. If you don't, you'll need certified again.
care to share? PM is okay
I already need a revert how long till I have to train on d sides again. That would be the ultimate fu. At least let us come in and get currency to avoid that
Well, you haven’t been in the agency very long, but you’re seeing first hand what happens to an organization when the bottom 10% of employees matriculate into management, unlike most other career fields where the more competent at their job get promoted. It rots the structure and it’s not capable of doing anything.
I think that it's tough for trainees because they are basically being told 30 days at a time to stay home for 30 days at a time. It can be hard to study LOA's or play sick vectoring games for 8 hours a day with no real understanding of what is happening. Also you have to take into account training regression. There's a zero percent probability trainees will be able to pick up where they left off, too much time off from doing a task you're not familiar with isn't going to bode well for any of the trainees. I also hear this from CPC's who worry they will regress because they aren't getting normal traffic numbers either. It's a big clusterfuck.
It is a clusterfuck for all those reasons and while I’d never defend management, this is a situation that has never ever been seen before. Lots of things to consider. On top of all that, you have the people who were the worst at their jobs that are now in charge of figuring it out. Lions being led by lambs is never a good thing.
Print out sup bid job openings and put it in his headset drawer every day...
Welcome to the FAA and NATCA
If this is true just sharing this information would clear up most of our gripe of lack of information. Sharing the submitted plan would be even better.
