Thanks. What about the interm between finishing basics online and starting at mmac? are there any check-ins, requirements, etc?
My understanding is that this varied slightly by class, so I can only tell you from my perspective (Terminal). One thing that I can say is nothing after basics/before academy is graded. After basics, we had one day off before we started the next portion. We were put into a two week "Proof of Concept" course that covered the first ~17 Virtual Initial Tower Cab lessons via DRS/Blackboard (These lessons are identical to the ones we will eventually be taught and tested on at the academy). It was very rough and still need ironed out; slides were out of order, videos wouldn't play, and the ELT's had wrong answer choices. This class was from 10:00am - 2:30pm central. You got a 30 min lunch with multiple 15min breaks. Once you are done with the two week course, you begin a ~6 week course that goes over all 28 Initial Tower Cab lessons. This is not on DRS/Blackboard; you just get access through Huddle to all the lesson PDFs. In this phase you simply go over all the material and occasionally take EOL tests. There is a lot of focus on phraseology practice that they try and fit in most days. This is the course where you are given two different time slots to choose from: 8:00am - 11:00am or 11:30am - 2:30pm central; you will get two 15min breaks most days. You are required to attend each day, but you can attend either one or both on any given day. You will also receive an email breaking down the schedule of what lessons you will go over on which days for this course. Upon completion of the Virtual Initial Tower Cab, you join a pool of students waiting to get called to the academy. I haven't reached this phase yet, but from what we've been told, it is just a rolling review of the Initial Tower Cab lessons that you take until you are contacted to go to academy. Unsure of the time slots available.
Our instructors have been sharing some rumors that they've been hearing. There is currently roughly 30 students in the pool waiting to go to academy (for terminal) because it is bottlenecked due to class restraints at OKC. They are trying to up the amount of classes at OKC sometime in November to ~4-5. This would get rid of all the students stuck in the rolling course. All speculation, but it seems that they are trying to get rid of the rolling review phase.
So to make it simple:
Basics (18 days): 9:00am - 5:30pm
Proof of Concept (11 days): 10:00am - 2:30pm
Virtual Initial Tower Cab (31 days): 8:00am - 11:00am or 11:30am - 2:30pm
Rolling Review (Until you receive academy date): 8:00am - 11:00am or 11:30am - 2:30pm
*This is from a Terminal class, I don't know how Enroute varies.
*You might get 1-3 days off between each of these phases
*You are paid 40 hours/week the entire time
*Central time