Originally Posted by
EMC2
With all of the dedication, hard work, time, (do I even need to mention money?) that it takes to finally get on with an airline I was curious if anyone has ever just up and quit because they didn't like the airline they were working for? If you do quit how hard would it be to get on with another carrier?
LOL, go back to the 2006-2008 hiring boom and look at Kit Darby's reports for the number of THOUSANDS of new pilots hired.... then realize that most of the airlines were not adding new airframes during that period and you are left with what.... basically they were hiring to fill attrition... and from the looks of the seniority lists I've seen, it wasn't the folks with 5+ years of seniority leaving or the old folks retiring.... it was the new hires and first year or so folks becoming totally disgusted with what they got themselves into...
That all being said; if you were to attempt to enter the profession a second time it woudl depend largely of the demand at the time. If the airlines were in panic mode hiring as they were in 2006-2008 they'd gobble you up in an instant... if it remains as it is now, you will need a good explanation as to why you left.
Use that PHD, and some plain logic and you could have answered those questions yourself.