Originally Posted by
bugy
Not so easy... many airlines (especially in asia actually as I know there, i was expat) asks you to have flown within the last 6 months on type and having a current OPC. Which means that changing airlines requires to be already in a current one.
Pilot's job is not like any others careers, like engineer for exemple where you can back years later.
Yeh, the options will be considerably limited when the time comes if you want to go back. I've been out for about 5 years and the only flying option I'd have going for me would be a return trip to the regionals...back to year one pay, living out of base, and commuting again...not to mention a $70k pay cut...yeh, that pretty much rules out getting back into the flying biz.