Originally Posted by
T45Heinous
Good morning all!
As a tranisitioning Navy guy I have been unfortunately stuck on staff duty as my last tour. I have not been flying "full time" since the end of 2011 (with a few hour sprinked in here and there since then as good deal back seat hops). I have over 3000 hours and lots of IP and multi-time. What I am worried about is that the airlines might not like the fact that I have been out of the cockpit. So I went and got my mil-comp CFII cert, but now I don't know how to actually start instructing! How does one go about starting to fly with a flight school or club? I mean do I just go down to the airport with resumes in hand and start knocking on doors? I probably sound like an idiot here, but I could use the forums help. Thanks!
I'm not sure how transitioning mil guys do it, but knocking on doors with resumes in hand was exactly what I did when I was looking for a CFI job. I don't think flight schools these days are able to hang on to CFIs for long and as such, it shouldn't be difficult for some with your quals to get hired.
Have you looked into applying at regionals? I think that would be a position more commensurate with your experience and i keep hearing a few of them are having trouble filling classes. I'd venture out to guess some might waive the recency requirements if they are really that desperate.
Good luck on your search!