HOW TO: Survive in the Flight Industry

Within a week of graduating, I had a job.
Within two weeks of graduating, I had two jobs.

I work at a beautiful place!!!
(Denver International Airport)

This was all well and good until I started jumping through the hoops that comes with getting saddled up with a job. Each job has it's own pressures and awkward moments as we try to navigate the early hiring process. It gets even harder and longer when there's lots of training, security, and two jobs at once.

To simplify things, let's call them Company Q and Company P. These are in no way a reflection of their names or the order in which I started them. This also protects them, and mostly myself from them.

Company Q is newer to Denver International Airport where as Company P is a business that has been here a while and far more settled. At first Q had me coming into work at the desk with on-the-job-training before the week of actual training. P was slightly more helpful in this area because they don't expect me to come in and flounder around behind the counter before the official training.

Now, today is a Sunday and I was told that my training for Q was to begin tomorrow at 9am sharp. I was told I would get an email explaining when, where, and what to bring. It was about 20:45 at night when I realized that I didn't have said email. I went through emails and numbers from Q and finally found a supervisor number to call.
It turned out to be her personal cell phone.
She has been off of work for a vacation for the past few days.
Great.

So she is very nice and gets me information about the training (which she said I should have gotten in an email, but I have checked every folder and there is nada) which will be held the following week. Because I was told that training for Q would be this week, I scheduled training for P the week after. Now I'm double booked. Company Q flies people in to do training where as P has local people. So I will be calling P tomorrow morning to ask if there is any way I can get an extra seat in training starting that morning.

Really, it's just been a clusterfuck of events that leaves me pulling my hair out at the end of the day. As nice as the people at Q have been, not that people at P weren't... I just didn't call them when they were on vacation, I don't think this is a company that I want to dedicate a lot more time to. I'm sure I'll stay with them for a few months, but once the time rolls around to talk about maybe getting full time hours, I don't think they will make the cut.

But who knows.

Things could change.

Maybe Company P secretly sacrifices virgins to an international deity to keep the prices down.

I'll be sure to keep you posted.

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Let the Job Search BEGIN!

I did it!

I graduated! 

I have walked the walk and now have two very expensive papers saying that I took years out of my life to dedicate to learning. I now have a degree in German and another in Theater Studies with a minor in dance. When I was deciding what college to go to and what to study all my mom ever said was, "Do what you love." I did. I have learned a great many things, and more importantly, I have made a great many friends. 

So now what? 

Well, I told you I'd keep you up to date on my travel plans. 

Two weeks before graduation, I applied for a job with British airlines at the Denver International Airport (DIA). I go in for a pre-screening tomorrow so knock and wood and press your thumbs for me. 

"But what are your plans for after college?"

Oh the age old question. Well, I want to stay in Colorado for the next few years, but with the income I hope to be getting soon, I want to put myself through flying lessons. I want to work for an airline and hopefully work my way up to pilot in a few years. I know it's a major boy's club up there, but I'll see just what I can do. 

My next trip is going to be to Alaska with my family and my boyfriend. We plan on hiking, whale watching, ziplining, and LOTS of crab eating. I will post pictures and stories here like I always do, so keep checking back for more fun adventures.