Originally Posted by
Planespotta
I definitely understand that. Burning bridges is no good.
Would a future employer take into the account that the company I left early is a time-building company where my future would be a dead-end, and that I left it to take a job more germane to my final career goals?
That could go either way. A "not eligible for re-hire" would raise flags for sure. Since that's something that would probably come up during a post-job offer background check you would DEFINITELY want to address that pre-emptively during the interview process.
It might depend on company policy (some might conceivably exclude all "not eligible" candidates) or the interviewer's personal perspective. A generic HR type would probably view that as bad. A civilian-track pilot might be understanding, but a military pilot without full experience in the vagaries of the civilian track might view that as "non team player".
Nobody can really answer that question. I can tell you there's some risk involved, but how much is also hard to nail down. You gotta make the call...