Originally Posted by
Ravenwing
Please don’t let all the snark and hostility on here dissuade you. What it takes is a drive to succeed and lots of hard work. I am not convinced that lots of Cessna time is going to make a bigger difference than flying approaches in a sim. Only you and an instructor can decide how much refreshing your skills need. I think if you have your flows and memory items down cold and the instructors see you trying most will work with you to help you succeed. But you haven’t found the most welcoming and encouraging group here. I think there is a tendency for people to want to see others struggle as much as they have.
It is a changing industry, but the shortage of regional captains is slowing down the demand for FOs, and it’s quite possible the recruiters will find the eager young 1500 hour CFIs more tempting than someone with 100 CRJ hours who quit. Think carefully about how you will convince an interviewer that you are ready to go the distance this time. You can always call one of the pilot interview prep companies for advice, Raven Careers gave me a free phone consultation. Interviewers want to hear you take responsibility for and learn from your mistakes. If you want back in badly enough, start applying to multiple companies and keep going until someone gives you a yes.
Wasn’t what so ever trying he be hostile or snarky if that what OP or you think. But want to pass on the info that regional hiring has slowed down tremendously for FOs at the moment. AA WOs aren’t hiring whatsoever for at LEAST 6 months. The only thing most carriers wants as I mentioned are captains. A CL65 type rating might help their case, but it might not since they don’t have 1000 121 time. I know a handful of people that washed out in training, all of which had a similar story to OP. Got out of flying, and didn’t think about flying at all for several years and then thought they could just jump right back into it after a couple trips around the pattern or a IPC check. All they had been doing was their neighbors annuals once a year. Then got extremely overwhelmed with a fast paced ground school. Just suggesting a path to help their proficiency, all while waiting for a regional interview that might not come for several months. They would be keeping themselves more actively engaged in flying while building experience ans a little extra money. So that’s a Win win to me. To reiterate, things have slowed down tremendously, people are being turned away, left and right, when this time last year, all you have to do is fog mirror to get a job. Those days are done with. That’s all I wanted to say. Just trying to help and have them avoid pitfalls I saw other people experience.