If you want hawaiian or aloha, i would suggest staying on the mainland and finding yourself a descent regional, get some pic time, and then apply. if you go back to the islands now, it'll take you ages to become competitive. you gotta figure youre competing with all of the island air guys who want to move up and a flight instructor job aint gonna cut it. differentiate your resume from theirs. it is very important to those airlines that you have ties to hawaii, which it seems like you do. they also value mainland experience ex. glass time, wx, atc, jet time, 121, etc. so just suck it up a few more years and then go back to the islands straight to hawaiian or aloha. das wut i stay dooin bruddah.