Originally Posted by
rdc034
If things continue as they have been recently, I bet you 2/25 guys get calls for the April and May classes.
It's a good "problem" to have - options.
At first I didn't have a lot of options because of limited recency of experience. I took a teaching gig a few years ago because of family issues and needed to be home every night for a while. I'll admit I got lazy. One year led to two which led to three, etc. I'm qualified for the majors on paper but the kiss of death was recency. Even with all my airline and corporate contacts (including personal friends with an aviation director of a Fortune 10 company) it all came down to the same problem - made the short list but the guy sitting next to me was current, qualified, and typed. I felt JB really did "hire the person" not the pedigree. Current offer is based on my academic background and other safety work so it's not a flying job. Very interesting but not flying.