Originally Posted by
nagginpilotwife
I have been married to my pilot husband for 7 years. In this time, 3 companies sold of the planes he was flying, 1 changed his schedule so he could no longer commute home, and another had him working 28 days a month and he quit because he had no life. So that is 5 jobs in 7 years. Now when anyone looks at his resume they say he is a job hopper and isn't sticking around long enough which is why they won't hire him. Well, he can't help all that. He explains it well but they still worry he won't stick around. How should he over come this?
Thanks for the input.
Three flight departments closing doors is easy to explain and far from unexpected: half of the companies I worked for early on are gone now.
But to quit two jobs because he didn't like his schedule, that is harder to explain. Maybe he should be asking more questions before he accepts a job. Maybe he needs to accept that life often sucks as the new guy until he gets some seniority, and getting seniority at a small 91 operation (must be part 91 to have a 28 day schedule) can take forever.
And maybe HE should be asking for advice instead of nagginpilotwife (you chose the screen name, not me). I have seen more than one pilot catch a ton of flak from his/her spouse who loved being married to a glamorous pilot, but hated the realities of being a pilot like lots of time away from home.