Originally Posted by
pilotjogger
I tried to post a thread but I think I'm too new to do so..
I am a CFI a few months past ATP mins. It's tough to get a first airline job out there, I'll tell you that. But my main question is...
The golden wave has passed. It seems like it's virtually a guarantee that regular joe-schmoes like me will never have a realistic shot at a legacy. A year/two years ago guys with DUIs and 3 checkride failures were making legacies with 800 turbine hours, and now guys like me with a pristine record... Are we screwed? Is that what this is coming down to?
UA was the dream. Many of my long time life friends work there. I am 33, and I feel so behind right now but due to life, I just couldn't make the jump until 2019 to start flying.
Do I have any prayers hope or chance of making a legacy, specifically UA? If I do make it, am I doomed to being on reserve for 5+ years and being a double furloughee? With all these hires they've made the last few years and everything slowing down now it sure feels like the rest of us are ****ed..
This is a joke, right?
Do you have an aviation mentor? Mine was my dad, and it wasn’t him just talking about aviation. It was watching him get furloughed and LTD’d, too. I knew what I was signing up for when I started. Now, that doesn’t comfort you, but get on Climbto350, start networking, and look beyond an airline. If you can’t get an airline interview maybe look for a position that’s gonna challenge you. You’ll have to move, compete, and perform, but at some point when in the pattern as a 1500TT CFI if it never occurred to ya that you aren’t growing as a pilot, you need to start becoming the pilot you need to be. Make those moves and watch your fortunes change. Or stay in the pattern, if that’s what you’re safe doing.
Good luck.