I personally would choose the airline that had bases where I wanted to live. Everything else will come. It's not a race to the top. Enjoy the journey as much as possible. Always going after what gives you the fastest route to the top isn't always the most enjoyable in my opinion.
In regards to checkrides being obstacles, I don't really see it. I just make adjustments in other areas to outshine those and discuss how those failures shaped my progression as an aviator. I personally wouldn't put a checkride failure cutoff unless it was sequential failures of same checkride which show failure to adapt.
Originally Posted by
flyviper
I'm not saying having 3 failures is the end of your dream job at the legacy someday, but all I'm saying is you're competing with 10000 pilots with a better record and when it comes to hiring people with similar experiences they will select the one with few failure.
Where would you draw the line as deal breaker regarding failures? 3? 4? 5? 6?
All I'm saying is why not go to a WO with a flow compare to a regional without one if you already have some obstacles (in this case failures).