Hey all,

At the point in my career where im looking to make the jump from 704 Ops to 705 Ops (Thinking AC, Westjet, Porter, etc)
Is it a bad idea to send out multiple resumes to companies at the same time? I dont want to get one job offer working for WJ lets say then a few weeks later get another job offer for AC and have to turn it down.

Not interested in burning any bridges with any prospective employer so just looking for opinions on others experiences.

Thanks.

Captain_Coward wrote: ↑Tue May 13, 2025 10:17 am Hey all,

At the point in my career where im looking to make the jump from 704 Ops to 705 Ops (Thinking AC, Westjet, Porter, etc)
Is it a bad idea to send out multiple resumes to companies at the same time? I dont want to get one job offer working for WJ lets say then a few weeks later get another job offer for AC and have to turn it down.

Not interested in burning any bridges with any prospective employer so just looking for opinions on others experiences.

Thanks.

Each of those organizations have different cultures. Pick the culture you would most align with and apply there. You wouldn’t get multiple offers as the type of person you are would be good for one and not so good for the others.

If you're in a hurry: apply everywhere and accept the first offer that meets your minimum requirements.

If you're not in a hurry: apply at your favorite operator first.

Note that most (every?) company will expect some brownnosing where you try to convince them it's been your life long dream to work for them. It would leave a bad impression if you were to accept WJ's offer, and then don't show up because AC called you back after all.

Then again, if you don't want to work at WJ, that's likely not something you should care about.

And unless you are a complete asshole, even after a couple of years I doubt anyone would still care. But you never know.

Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:08 pm Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

Right there with you! The company won't hesitate to lay you off just because you "chose" them. Plenty of pilots got the boot during initial ground school and sim a few years ago.

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:08 pm Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

This is not very good advice in my opinion. A company has planned the ground school and matched sim partners and numbers for the class. Quitting in the middle of the groundschool has also denied that spot to another candidate who wanted the job.

The industry is smaller than you think and conducting yourself in a professional manner will set you up for future success and opportunities.

Tbayer2021 wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:18 pm

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:08 pm Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

Right there with you! The company won't hesitate to lay you off just because you "chose" them. Plenty of pilots got the boot during initial ground school and sim a few years ago.

+1
People leave during training, people leave during line indoc, people leave during the course of their employment. For personal reasons, because they don’t like it, because they’d rather be elsewhere.
Airlines of reasonable size don’t have the time nor the pettiness to hold grudges against employees who decided to leave. It’s their life and their career. In the same way, your employer will fire you if you don’t pass line indoc. There will be retraining, there will be help, but if you don’t meet the standard, you will be fired. Even if you moved across the country for the job, even if you turned down good opportunities for that job, even if you have a mortgage and a family.

Pilots have a tendency to create their own problems with the “it’s a small industry”, but no one is expecting you to be loyal to the point of staying when you don’t want to, for the only sake of being nice. Or no one should.
If a company had a problem with that, they would remove the probation period. If they keep it, that means they are comfortable with parting ways in the early stages of employment.

tbaylx wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 7:41 am has also denied that spot to another candidate who wanted the job.

That argument doesn't hold much water.

You also:
- opened up a job at the company you left
- will be opening up the job at your new company you are planning on leaving

On average the same amount of people will be getting jobs. It might work out well for some, and be bad timing for others. But in no way should that particular argument affect your decision.

tbaylx wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 7:41 am

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:08 pm Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

This is not very good advice in my opinion. A company has planned the ground school and matched sim partners and numbers for the class. Quitting in the middle of the groundschool has also denied that spot to another candidate who wanted the job.

The industry is smaller than you think and conducting yourself in a professional manner will set you up for future success and opportunities.

You’re the last person anyone should take any advice from. Did it leave a scar? How big was it? The scarlet S endures.

tbaylx wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 7:41 am

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:08 pm Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

This is not very good advice in my opinion. A company has planned the ground school and matched sim partners and numbers for the class. Quitting in the middle of the groundschool has also denied that spot to another candidate who wanted the job.

The industry is smaller than you think and conducting yourself in a professional manner will set you up for future success and opportunities.

It’s actually the best advice, I’ll never forget when a chief pilot was giving me grief for leaving only for them to take another job a month later

Why does “burning a bridge” behind you matter if you have the golden gate bridge in front of you

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 12:27 pm

tbaylx wrote: ↑Fri May 16, 2025 7:41 am

vanislepilot wrote: ↑Thu May 15, 2025 3:08 pm Who cares if you're in ground school and quit to go somewhere better

It’s nothing personal it’s just business brotha
You cost less than 3 turbine blades

This is not very good advice in my opinion. A company has planned the ground school and matched sim partners and numbers for the class. Quitting in the middle of the groundschool has also denied that spot to another candidate who wanted the job.

The industry is smaller than you think and conducting yourself in a professional manner will set you up for future success and opportunities.

It’s actually the best advice, I’ll never forget when a chief pilot was giving me grief for leaving only for them to take another job a month later

Why does “burning a bridge” behind you matter if you have the golden gate bridge in front of you

Because sometimes when you get to the other side of that golden bridge, you find it isn't what you thought it was, or perhaps you're involuntarily laid off from your shiny new job and want another one.
Burn as many bridges as you'd like, but you may find that strategy backfires.

Chief pilots at majors talk to each other fairly frequently. Play it cool.