Originally Posted by naa3e5

I’ve been out of the cockpit (Navy H-60) for about 10 years currently running a small family business that I’m getting burnt out on, (The rumors are true family business is really tough LoL) So one of my squadron friends that I still routinely talk to is getting ready to get out and we had a good chat about me getting back in the cockpit again which honestly I’ve missed every since I’ve got out in 2010. (I looked for aviation jobs back then but they were few and far between and regionals and airlines weren’t friendly towards helos and all the helo
Jobs were taken by the army warrants)

Currently looking at aeroguards (Deer Valley in PHX) rotor transition program which will get my the remainder of the 250 FW PIC/Currency/MEL ... My cousin also flies for American who was in the squadron with me and basically said other than a couple painful years at the regionals (thinking SkyWest) She thinks it’s a good idea as I could basically let the small business run itself at this point to double dip
and compensate a bit for the lower regional salaries which aren’t even as bad as they used to be a few years ago...

One of my other squadron mates was out of the cockpit for four years just started flying for Skywest last year and is enjoying it.

Ideas? Part of me is really apprehensive because as much as I’ve missed flying since I’ve gotten out it seems pretty wild to me to go 180 and get back in but also it seems that there’s no better time than now based on current hiring trends.

Sorry for the long post thanks for any tips!

V/r - Nick


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