Originally Posted by
Hobi1225
Fixed wing mil guy with only R-atp looking to get on with regionals once I get out 6months from now. I haven't touched a plane for 5yrs, would any regionals hire me? I have no blemish on my career.
IMHO you are definitely hirable at any regional and would move on to a major once you have the ATP. I was retired MIL FW and hired at SkyWest. I hadn’t flown in 10 years except about 30 hrs GA in the year before I was hired. Got hired at AA 2 months after completing IOE at SkW. FWIW I had 4,000 mil FW hours which helped, but in today’s environment I think you could do a touch and go at a regional and move on once you lose the R.
I agree with Rickair about the CFI. High failure rate makes it a bad risk decision because you already meet the mins to get into a regional. Go rent a C-172 on weekends and focus on a 121 job. Good luck!!