Originally Posted by FlyJSH

It is sad that a wet behind the ears guy with no failures can beat out a well seasoned pilot with some failures. Unfortunately, the average pax would prefer a FNG with no failures who has only flown three months to a seasoned pilot who has seen the real world of flying and has a few issues ten years ago.

Funny thing is, I was a 5000 hour 135 IP (slated to be a check airman until the company shut down), and Colgan wouldn't take me as a street CA because I had a prior 121 failure (with a company that failed 50 percent of its new hires).

I feel for you buddy. If you want to stay in the 135 world (especially in Texas or California), feel free to IM me: I have some contacts that would take you in a heartbeat.

If I were to lose my Colgan job, I would go back to 135 work. There are some really good gigs out there.

Good luck to you.