Hello All-

Still on the sidelines for now, but wanted to see how much the legacies and LCC's value education and non aviation work experience. After leaving aviation 6 years ago, I went back to school for an MBA and worked full time in a management capacity at an outsourced services company. Over the course of the past five years, I not only obtained an MBA but have been promoted to levels of greater responsibility, managing 65+ employees and responsibility for $4M in annual revenue. In addition, I have been heavily involved in workplace safety and am responsible for drastically improving the safety program and culture at my site. Moreover, I am currently leading process improvement activities in addition to my normal job functions.

Outside of civilian experience, I was in the Army National Guard where I served as a commissioned officer. In this capacity, I held various leadership positions.

As I contemplate coming back to the industry, I wanted to see if some of the above would be factored in when weighing total flight time. Would this decrease the hours they feel is competitive in order to be hired? How do airlines handle non flying military experience? I would suspect that it falls between a pure civilian background and military aviation?

As mentioned, I am looking at coming back to the industry and have 3,200TT, 500 TPIC. I have not flown since I left but will get current by completing a BFR and IPC. Given the current climate, what would I need to do in order to be competitive for the legacies aside from going back to a regional?

Thank you in advance.