Originally Posted by
vyperdriver
Thanks Tallflyer, read that post about 2 dozen times. I took Albie's course and it was gold. I've gained over 3000 hrs, most PIC (F-16's), but the airline thing is entirely different and I recognize that early (trainable). I've applied at all the mainlines hiring, or thinking about hiring, but my recency of experience is hurting as I've been commanding a ground based unit on an Army Post that didn't allow me to fly "professionally." Therefore the regionals seemed like a logical way to get back into flying immediately. Thanks again for the input!
Any time. I have a dear friend who's a recently separated C-130 IP so I've been dealing with the same questions from her.
If you don't already have it a good resource for the civilian world is "Everything Explained for the Professional Pilot." It's also available as an iPad app.