Originally Posted by
A10crewdawg
Greetings,
Currently flying for a regional and in the reserves as a crew chief. Interviewed last year with a unit and was hired as an alternate. Looking to get on with either that unit this year or any others you may know of that are in need of good candidates. Have my bachelor's in aviation, master's in aviation safety and am working on my MBA. Any info is greatly appreciated.
"Ugly but well hung"
You need to walk your package into the unit(s), spend part of the day and talk to them. After 9-11 and the furloughs, every unit had hundreds of apps. Still do.
Did your unit you crew chiefed with hire you? Thats your #1 unit to focus on!!! If not..the other units will ask you "why didn't they hire you?"
Expect a thorough background check and ref and even non-references to be called. Also realize some Res/ANG units will be bothered that you are applying to many different ones..as you have seen, many units take hiring very personally..plus they dont want to hire someone who commits to 3 units and ties up a UPT slot for months.