Originally Posted by
Dynomite
Making an attempt to revive this discussion. I am one year from military retirement and six months from being able to start a SkillBridge internship. While I have a CJO with a legacy, I am hoping to take advantage of SkillBridge to gain commercial aviation industry experience and build recency after a few years of non-flying assignments. I have contacted numerous companies about SkillBridge opportunities and have come up with none that are interested without a 1-2 year commitment after the internship. Any informed recommendations?
No recent flying? Get checked out in a SEL, get some instrument refresher, if you don't have your civilian MEL do that. Or at least get a couple hours of MEL time. There's companies bringing 737 simulators to malls. It's not cheap but it's worth looking into vs taking an internship that delays going to the major airline that you have a CJO with.