That's kind of my stress as well (for when I eventually go to the academy). Hopefully you are able to update this board with whatever you decide to do, and list some pros/cons after a few weeks/months. The thought of spending 4 months without a car is doable, but only if there is some courtesy cars available for a run to the grocery store or a quick gym session
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That's kind of my stress as well (for when I eventually go to the academy). Hopefully you are able to update this board with whatever you decide to do, and list some pros/cons after a few weeks/months. The thought of spending 4 months without a car is doable, but only if there is some courtesy cars available for a run to the grocery store or a quick gym session
I know some of the housing options do have courtesy cars but I forget which ones. I know Kim's doesn't and that's where I wanna stay. Regardless, saving up as much money as you can before you go would help tremendously too.
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Hey, we've all had that moment where we sit back and say "I'm not happy with where I'm at." I wasn't even looking for a job, I work in Telecom for a big company, had the idea of retiring with a pension and 401k here. I was just browsing on Reddit one day and I happened to see a post on there about the bid opening for anyone to apply, with a priority to veterans. So, I thought fuck it, let's give it a shot and see what happens. If I don't make it, at least I can say I tried. I always had an eye for Aviation (went to college for a Aviation Maintenance degree, never finished), and I love tech, so it sounds like the best of both worlds.
I give my wife shit because she was always getting on to me about being on Reddit all the time, but here I am about to get an amazing job out of it
My HR POC told me today it would be 2-6 months for their office to receive the medical clearance. This is fine with me since I have some obligations that I'd like to not have to cancel (though I will if I have to). But it looks like May would be the earliest for me if everything goes well.
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Who's your medical POC and did they say why ?
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I was in college and not really knowing what I wanted to do and struggling with it. My wife's step brother in law is a controller and always talks about how great the job is and I decided to give it a shot because lots of aspects of the job appealed to me. I have been with the same job for a while and was able to qualify based on work experience, so I decided to apply. Now here I am, (im)patiently awaiting my FOL.
Congrats!! What region are you in? My POC is also KH ?
I'm not doing medical until Monday, I was just curious about a general timeline. My HR POC is CG and they didn't give a reason why, just told me that's how long it would be.
Oh ok I’m southwest. Thought maybe we had the same one and she was hustling it now lol
Lol I JUST emailed my security POC for a clearance update. got my fingers crossed that everything’s cool
Congrats! Yes I believe that’s en route. Did they not tell you straight up?
wow interesting.. don't you still have a background phone interview that takes place a couple days from now?
I believe so but I have heard they have done interviews before even if you are at the academy.
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Congrats! When did you take the MMPI?
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I looked into renting a car but I think it was like 600/month. It'd be nice if there were courtesy cars.
That’s exactly how I feel. And yeah I’ll definitely try to post in this thread with some updates and pros/cons and such
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Nice. That makes four of us on here so far with that date I believe
