My wife and I were offered positions on Sep 13. We fly to Boston on Tuesday the 16th to submit our MMD application. If everything goes smoothly, and if we hadn't delayed things by going on a week long vacation during the process, everything should have taken between 4 to 6 weeks like they said it would.
Wife and I got dropped off at the REC is Boston yesterday just before 11am. We were done right before noon with all the paperwork and fingerprinting. We were told it would take 2 to 3 weeks for the cards to come back, however, the evaluator said that right now is a slow time for them, so expect the cards to get to Hawaii in a week to two weeks.
I don't know what positions you and your wife were offered, Did they agree to you cohabitating on the vessel?? I your Officers then at rare times you can share a two person officer cabin. If your not officers then people don't cohabitate. Our Hawaiian ambassador is gay and he cohabitates with his male partner.
heres one for ya. i went to the job fair back in June. they told us after the drug screen and faxing over paperwork we were to fly to piney point, spend 4 weeks in training and obtaining our MMD. then flying to hawaii to start working. well, that miraculously changed. i did the drug screen, they switched recruiters on me 3 different times, and finally after weeks of waiting got scheduled to fly from indianapolis, IN (my town) to ohio to meet with the coast guard to apply for my MMD. that was on 9/11 no less, and now it is one day shy of november 1st and i'm still here. so yeah, i guess you can say, i'm still waiting. somebody please explain to me why on earth is this process has taking so d*mn long? i'm really excited about this opportunity but i think its very unprofessional to hire somebody based on one policy only to change the policy halfway through the hiring process. it almost makes me wonder how organized and professional NCL really is.
Originally posted by shister99: heres one for ya. i went to the job fair back in June. they told us after the drug screen and faxing over paperwork we were to fly to piney point, spend 4 weeks in training and obtaining our MMD. then flying to hawaii to start working. well, that miraculously changed. i did the drug screen, they switched recruiters on me 3 different times, and finally after weeks of waiting got scheduled to fly from indianapolis, IN (my town) to ohio to meet with the coast guard to apply for my MMD. that was on 9/11 no less, and now it is one day shy of november 1st and i'm still here. so yeah, i guess you can say, i'm still waiting. somebody please explain to me why on earth is this process has taking so d*mn long? i'm really excited about this opportunity but i think its very unprofessional to hire somebody based on one policy only to change the policy halfway through the hiring process. it almost makes me wonder how organized and professional NCL really is.
i totally undertand they have no control over the MMD process. thats government issued. my concern was the process before hand. the actual recruiter saying one thing, corporate saying another. policy a certain way one day, different policy the next. and i know they're busy and i know it takes time but some sort of "honest" time frame would hav been nice. every time i talked to my case worker it was a couple more weeks, a couple more weeks. if they just would have told me things were gonna be drawn out this long i actually could have planned my "life" accordingly a little better. like i've said, i think its a kewl opportunity and i'm still all about it i just wish there was more consistancy and communication to where everyone is on the same page is all. from day one until today, all four people i've been in contact with from NCL have told me two totally diffrent stories and its just frustrating is all.
As a crew member of nearly 2 years, I can promise you that things have changed since I was in Piney Point. I was class 71, yes that long ago, and I have an understanding of the hire and training process, even though it has changed since I left. I worked for a year and half on the Pride of Aloha, and have recently left the Pride of America. The MMD can take time, and NCLA is not the front runner on the list of things to do with the Coast Guard some of the time. If there is something in your background that isnt entirely clear, it will dramatically slow down the process. They are no longer even doing the safety training at Piney Point. If you have further questions, I may be able to help out, since most of what i learned was on board, and not through the recruiter.
