Originally Posted by
Alfred E Newman
And don't forget to keep up your hours before punching out. I am finishing in a staff job where I'm only bagging hours here and there to the tune of 100/year. That's not enough no matter how sparkling my resume is. So...off to the regionals till my recency (not currency mind you, I've kept that) is built back up.
"Keeping your hours up" is not what it used to be. I was a fully qual'd FRS instructor and only flew 120ish hours my last year in the Navy due to tons of hours instructing sims, LSO duties, sequestration, etc. I know countless other guys in my situation or worse that struggled to get 100 hours their last year in the Navy and were hired on with Delta and American. If you were on a staff job and still flying 100 hours a year, consider yourself lucky.