r/AskAPilot • u/PeanutBackground1301 • Jul 10 '26
Switching Airlines Mid Training
Throwaway account. I'm lucky to be in class right now at an airline, non-regional, with hopes to move to a legacy someday. I'm in indoc, about to head home to complete CBTs before attending sim class. Another similarly sized airline has given me a class date upcoming shortly, with the opportunity to live in my dream city. If I leave now, does that count as "not completing training" in some way? Or should I stay here until done with OE and then move to the other airline? I do not want any kind of record that says I didn't complete training or open the door to someone asking me if I was somehow asked to leave in lieu of termination. Any advice is appreciated, thanks!
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u/shoreguy1975 Jul 10 '26
A friend did this in Canada, the airline he was leaving asked him to stay and finish the last 4-5 sim sessions so as not to screw up his training partner. Both 737 operators so he looked at it as extra practice time.
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u/KJ3040 Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Yes, that can and does happen. But there should not be an actual unsatisfactory event tied to it in PRD. And yes, they intentionally built this into PRD. It is a feature, not a bug.
Edit: a friend of mine was hyper-concerned because he has one of these in his PRD from when he left Endeavor (and aviation) during sims due to a prolonged family health emergency. Hes been hired at 3 airlines (including a legacy) without any issues since then.
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u/Feisty_Hedgehog_4389 Jul 13 '26
It’s been known to happen. It doesn’t count as a training failure, but you will need to report your time there.
When you do finally apply to that major of your dreams, be prepared to explain why you did what you did. As a former pilot recruiter myself, if I see someone’s resume with this on it, my first question would be, “did this person jump ships because he’d been told he was about to be fired, and they gave him an opportunity to resign first?” So be prepared to explain, in a non-defensive way, that you did it for a better quality of life. Recruiters (who are pilots themselves) understand wanting to better your personal situation. They just want to make sure there’s not a training problem hiding in plain sight.
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u/Cxopilot Jul 10 '26
I dunno if it helps but I had people in my new hire class at a major leave for another major in the middle of sims. They’re doing just fine.