Me too. Only on the part about most of us being flown in anywhere...
I was given an address in the dregs of the city (Maspeth queens) and a date and time to report there and “have a nice day kid, close the door behind you please”
Spent a week and some change traveling to and from this center, 50 miles from my house. On my own dime, without the possibility of keeping the job if even one minute late… I kid you not we had a guy come in at 8:05 AM, instructor asked the class if we should give him the pass and that there would only be one. We gave him the pass. Two days later, another guy comes in at 8:02 AM, sits down, is immediately told to stand back up and collect his
. Disqualified.
Hell if I had a hotel, I would’ve used their printer for free and printed the entire 340 Methods, put them in a 3 ring binder, and made two more of these to sell to my classmates!