Hey all, I've dug around on the forums for an answer to this question and come up short, so hopefully someone will have some insight.

I'm currently an AF instructor and I've been attempting to plan for the future recently. I would love for the airlines or the Guard to be an option that's open to me in a few years when I'm eligible to get out, but I currently have two Q-3s on my record, and I'm just trying to decide if that totally eliminates a future in aviation outside the Air Force. The first Q-3 happened when I was a young AC. My co-pilot and I got some confusing information from the user when conducting some personnel drops, and long story short, we used the wrong data in our airdrop computations and dropped a couple guys off the back of the DZ. We met a bad bomb board and both of us received a Q-3. I learned a valuable lesson on that one and I triple check information received from jump masters now.

The second Q-3 happened while I was working a non-flying job, but I was attached to a unit to fly and maintain a qualification. I was able to fly about 20-30 hours a year, and when it was time for my check ride, the schedulers threw me in with a brand new co-pilot. At this point I was an IP, so even though I had an extreme lack of proficiency, I should have been able to fly with the new guy no problem. Well again, during a time crunch the co-pilot missed a couple things when computing the airdrop and I never caught it. The EP called a no-drop for us at 30 seconds and I received my second big fat Q-3.

My question at this point is whether or not I should even consider the airlines a feasible option anymore. I don't know many guys who've moved to the airlines at this point in my career, but I do know some in the Guard and Reserves. Do you think I still have a shot with either of these paths?

Thanks!