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SIXTY-NINE said:
"I am affected by this virus and I can still joke or take a joke. I’m sure you’re strong willed enough to ignore a joke if you don’t like it. " -ShortGuy

Where's ONE bringing the HEAT??!!


snark me harder daddy
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Clearly I was just so shook up by the snark that I even thanked the person!
 
Termine said:
That is exactly what all three comments said, yes. Good job on the reading comprehension. You get a gold star for today.

You can also ERR from a center but I believe ERRs from centers have been few and far between since NCEPT was instituted.
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We’ve had at least 5 people go from center to big tracon.
 
Got a call today and was offered online June 23 Terminal. Took just over a year to go from initial application to starting basics.

Just to reaffirm what some others have been saying: I asked about Oklahoma re-opening and they said its still undetermined and that online boarding would likely continue even when it re-opened. So it's either start online boarding now, or wait X amount of weeks/months to start online boarding later. The difference being a (paid) gap between basics and lab training. I also asked about working while doing basics, and they said you could work part time on weekends and weekday evenings.

Someone mentioned that the pay comes out to around $12/hour without per diem. Living in CA, that is below our minimum wage... Just got a promotion at work and it's going to be kind of hard to take an over 50% reduction in pay and make ends meet. Especially given there is no specified timeline. Trying to decide whether or not I should wait for Oklahoma to reopen.
 
Roobert said:
Got a call today and was offered online June 23 Terminal. Took just over a year to go from initial application to starting basics.

Just to reaffirm what some others have been saying: I asked about Oklahoma re-opening and they said its still undetermined and that online boarding would likely continue even when it re-opened. So it's either start online boarding now, or wait X amount of weeks/months to start online boarding later. The difference being a (paid) gap between basics and lab training. I also asked about working while doing basics, and they said you could work part time on weekends and weekday evenings.

Someone mentioned that the pay comes out to around $12/hour without per diem. Living in CA, that is below our minimum wage... Just got a promotion at work and it's going to be kind of hard to take an over 50% reduction in pay and make ends meet. Especially given there is no specified timeline. Trying to decide whether or not I should wait for Oklahoma to reopen.
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I’d wait in your circumstance
 
Roobert said:
Got a call today and was offered online June 23 Terminal. Took just over a year to go from initial application to starting basics.

Just to reaffirm what some others have been saying: I asked about Oklahoma re-opening and they said its still undetermined and that online boarding would likely continue even when it re-opened. So it's either start online boarding now, or wait X amount of weeks/months to start online boarding later. The difference being a (paid) gap between basics and lab training. I also asked about working while doing basics, and they said you could work part time on weekends and weekday evenings.

Someone mentioned that the pay comes out to around $12/hour without per diem. Living in CA, that is below our minimum wage... Just got a promotion at work and it's going to be kind of hard to take an over 50% reduction in pay and make ends meet. Especially given there is no specified timeline. Trying to decide whether or not I should wait for Oklahoma to reopen.
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Yeah, that is a difficult situation. Sorry to hear that. We would have been in the same Terminal Class.

Luckily for me, it was easy. Living in Memphis, TN, $12/hr is still good money. So it was either, make $12/hr working at an FBO sweating my ass off during the summer heat or make $12/hr sitting on my ass in the air condition.

This shit ain't getting any easier though.
 
Roobert said:
Got a call today and was offered online June 23 Terminal. Took just over a year to go from initial application to starting basics.

Just to reaffirm what some others have been saying: I asked about Oklahoma re-opening and they said its still undetermined and that online boarding would likely continue even when it re-opened. So it's either start online boarding now, or wait X amount of weeks/months to start online boarding later. The difference being a (paid) gap between basics and lab training. I also asked about working while doing basics, and they said you could work part time on weekends and weekday evenings.

Someone mentioned that the pay comes out to around $12/hour without per diem. Living in CA, that is below our minimum wage... Just got a promotion at work and it's going to be kind of hard to take an over 50% reduction in pay and make ends meet. Especially given there is no specified timeline. Trying to decide whether or not I should wait for Oklahoma to reopen.
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Props living in CA on $24/hr though. I was offered a job at GE in Irvine that paid $109K and I told them to kick rocks. Good luck homes, move if you can. You can make $24/hr anywhere. The $300/wk will last a long time in cheaper states. TN, OK and NC come to mind, I've lived in all three. You can rent a full house and yard for under $1000/mo.
 
UtahBeach said:
Props living in CA on $24/hr though. I was offered a job at GE in Irvine that paid $109K and I told them to kick rocks. Good luck homes, move if you can. You can make $24/hr anywhere. The $300/wk will last a long time in cheaper states. TN, OK and NC come to mind, I've lived in all three. You can rent a full house and yard for under $1000/mo.
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You can also come down to GA. Normally it's hot already, but we were in the 30s the past few mornings ?
 
aircooledcorey said:
You can also come down to GA. Normally it's hot already, but we were in the 30s the past few mornings ?
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You know you don't HAVE to live in Irvine as well right? People commute from Long Beach to Irvine and pay like 700 a month in rent while living near the ocean. The name of the game in living in SoCal is commuting, unless you're rich.

Taxes are a different game though and will destroy you.

Source: My sister who moved to SoCal
 
SIXTY-NINE said:
You know you don't HAVE to live in Irvine as well right? People commute from Long Beach to Irvine and pay like 700 a month in rent while living near the ocean. The name of the game in living in SoCal is commuting, unless you're rich.

Taxes are a different game though and will destroy you.

Source: My sister who moved to SoCal
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I grew up in Southern California spitting distance from Irvine.
For 700 a month you are not living any closer to the beach in Long Beach than you would in Irvine unless you found a particularly good deal.
You are correct in that most people in Southern California commute but commuting from Long Beach to anywhere in Orange County is a terrible idea. My dad does this commute and it is often about a 3 hour round trip commute. Better to just spend the money on local housing.
 
Is the pay without per diem really about 12 an hour? I was debating whether to take the online class as well, but I thought the pay was worse than 12 an hour. I think I can make it work at 12 an hour. Also what happens after you’re done with basics? Is there a waiting period where you’re not getting paid?
 
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rdeethor said:
Is the pay without per diem really about 12 an hour? I was debating whether to take the online class as well, but I thought the pay was worse than 12 an hour. I think I can make it work at 12 an hour. Also what happens after you’re done with basics? Is there a waiting period where you’re not getting paid?
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Its like $12.24. You keep getting paid until the in person part opens back up.
 
kshaky said:
I grew up in Southern California spitting distance from Irvine.
For 700 a month you are not living any closer to the beach in Long Beach than you would in Irvine unless you found a particularly good deal.
You are correct in that most people in Southern California commute but commuting from Long Beach to anywhere in Orange County is a terrible idea. My dad does this commute and it is often about a 3 hour round trip commute. Better to just spend the money on local housing.
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My sister literally lives in an apartment 20 minutes walk from the beach... guess she found a good deal. And yes commute is terrible pretty much everywhere. It's the price everyone pays unless they're rich. (well they pay too)
 
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ShortGuy said:
Does an ATC make enough money in SoCal to live comfortably? I’ve always loved it over there. Great burritos.
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If Tower/TRACON yes. If En route, the nearest facility to LA is an hour away in a military town in the desert. (It's not nice there lol)

and LA is not really what people would consider "SoCal" anyway.
 
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SIXTY-NINE said:
If Tower/TRACON yes. If En route, the nearest facility to LA is an hour away in a military town in the desert. (It's not nice there lol)

and LA is not really what people would consider "SoCal" anyway.
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Good to know! Bummer about the LA location. Is the Oakland location pretty bad too?
 

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