First post here. I love the forum, lots of great info. So here goes my story...I was a prior enlisted crew chief on A-10's at an Air National Guard unit in the Midwest while I went to college full time. After taking almost 6 years to graduate because of 2 trips to the sandbox I began interviewing at guard units for a pilot slot. I was selected by a unit out west to fly F-16's. I went to officer training, got commissioned, then headed off to Mississippi for UPT. I started out flying the T-37 and did really well. I finished that phase of training in the top 1/4 of my class. From there I went on to fly the T-38 and did well initially. I flew a good jet, studied my tail off, and even soloed the thing half a dozen times. My troubles began after I completed my formation solo ride and began tactical formation training. For one reason or another I just couldn't "get it." Again, I always flew a good jet but had troubles with some of the admin areas which led to some SA issues due to task saturation. Needless to say this threw up all kinds of red flags because of me being fighter bound. I ended up busting my formation check which eventually led me going through a commander review process. The outcome of the review was me being eliminated from training. I fought to stay in training so I could go on to fly herks or tankers but wasn't able to because the syllabus doesn't allow a retrack back to T-1's and I wasn't quite close enough to graduating to be allowed to finish T-38's then go on to heavies. My IP's and commander's at my UPT base and my guard unit fought to allow me to go heavies but the powers that be just didn't see it the same way. So after all the years of hard work and after completing 10 of the 12 months of UPT I became a UPT washout. It absolutely devastated me not to be able to graduate with my classmates and go on to serve as a pilot in the guard in any capacity...I even volunteered to fly UAV's. The unit that hired me released me back to my original unit where I was enlisted and I now serve with them as a maintainence officer(now I'm a 1st Lt). I've spent this past year instructing and I'm ready to make the jump to the regionals. I'm interested mostly in Republic, Expressjet and Comair. I have 1200TT, 250 multi, 150 turbine. I know that folks who wash out of UPT tend to have a negative perception. Could you guys and gals give me some advise on how to address this issue on a resume and during an interview. Will a regional even want to hire someone in my situation? I know the training with a regional can be tough but after surviving 10 months of UPT I believe I'm up to the task. I'm ready to close that chapter on my life and begin my civilian career. Sorry for the long thread but I wanted to give all the details. Thanks for the help.