Originally Posted by
milldog60
The reason is because I got into flying as a hobby years ago and failed my private and instrument check rides as I wasn't aware of the repercussion of failing. So I doubt I'll be able to get into a major let alone a regional?
Having managed expectations is one thing, but in the current (and likely future) state of the industry it just doesn't make any sense to plan on staying at a regional for an entire career.
I doubt that two failed checkrides is going to provide a substantial barrier to getting employed at any of the mainline/national/LCC carriers in the future. Even if it was, with no-additional-interview flows at the three AA-owned regionals, I don't see why someone with that "problem" wouldn't go work at PDT, PSA, or ENY as an insurance policy.
Will you have to talk about checkride failures in future job interviews? Yes.
Will those busts be lifetime barriers to moving past the regionals? Very likely not barring a substantial change to things.