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socalpilot7

Do we find out facility assignment before academy date?

I'm probably going to get flamed for this, but here goes. I had applied for the previous two OTS bids in 2014 and 2015. Somehow this year I miraculously passed the BA and the ATSA and am waiting with everyone else who has been referred. This year it was more of a "I'm probably not going to pass, if I do great if not oh well" type of thing.

If I don't get a particular location (Southern California or Colorado), I'm going to have to decline the offer. Reason is because my SO is not able to relocate to just anywhere, and I'm not going to break up with him over a job. If it comes to this I'll continue on the professional pilot route, so it's not the end of the world for me. But I genuinely feel like shit because someone else could have had this spot.

Do we find out location assignments before moving much further into the process and/or getting a class date?

Posted Jan 5, 2017, 11:17 PM UTC

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