<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (spongebue @ Jan 14 2009, 10:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>
Just for fun, I figured I&#39;d try seeing if they had any openings for NW at the airport [where I go to school]. The answer? "not yet." Not yet. Turns out, they have someone leaving in February. I figure that if they have a chance to hire someone with a good reference, already a registered employee, passed his drug test/background check, they&#39;d probably take it, no? So, for now, I&#39;m excited to be back in the wild world of the airlines, and getting the chance to nonrev again (even if just to fly home occasionally).[/b]
I guess I never did give an update on this...

I&#39;ve stopped by the airport a few times since to talk to the manager, drop off resume, etc. Not really to bug him or anything, just had occasional questions. When March came, and there was still no call, I asked if there were any updates. Turns out, with the economy, the person decided to stay a while longer, but the manager is keeping my name and will give me a call as soon as something opens up. I hadn&#39;t talked to him since, until yesterday. I asked (out of curiosity more than anything else) if there were any updates, which there weren&#39;t. I then told me that he might as well take my name off, since I&#39;d be studying abroad and didn&#39;t think he&#39;d want to train me only to have me leave soon after. He knew what I meant, and asked when I&#39;d be gone and how long. When I told him this Fall, just for a semester, his response was "yeah, we could probably work around that. I&#39;ll keep your name"

Given that he could have just as easily picked someone off the street... someone that had better availability (I&#39;m a student and can mostly bid for nights, in addition to the >3-month absence) but he&#39;s still planning on giving me a call, I think this will work out pretty well, if someone actually leaves soon. Hopefully that will happen this summer, and I can take some small weekend trips (this time on DL, too)