Originally Posted by Std Deviation

I've posted on the other threads so many know my plight but here's a quick recap - been teaching at the big 142 school last couple years but have been employed as a freight, regional, and fractional pilot.
9300 hrs, turbine PIC, multiple types, etc).

Wanted to go back but the majors won't touch me without recency (my 25 hrs a yr in a Grumman Cheetah don't count). So I've been making the round of regional interviews with the perceived "bottom of the barrel guys". The last thing I want to do is leave my just under six figure salary for 26K; however, I also don't want to continue my current situation.
So I'm between a rock and a hard place. I run into the same guys at all the regional interviews.

Yes, there's a few with less than stellar credentials. However, there's also a slew of experienced military flyers that took a desk job or were subject to reduced flying over the last year. These guys are in the same boat. I was one of those "qualified ATPs" that said he'd never go back unless the salary came up. Then I came to the conclusion, that's a reality that will never happen. Or maybe it's a game of chicken and I just blinked before the airlines did. I just couldn't wait it out with the time I have left. Anyone that really wants to come back is slowing realizing that and will make the transition as well - as painful as it is.