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?
The reality is that taking a “paying” (even Skillbridge) civilian flying job is only risking your future career without a lot of value added. That legacy has a pretty good idea of the training you will need after a layoff from flying and were confident enough in their ability to train you to make the CJO.
Caveat: it’s awesome you have a legacy CJO in your hip pocket already. I would focus your remaining time fleshing out a plan B in case that legacy decides to “pause” hiring for some period of time.