Originally Posted by
JohnArt
Thanks for the advice. I'm being sent to get typed in a new airframe next month. That's going to give me the opportunity to get way more hours and I'm really looking forward to it. It's an airframe that NetJets and FlexJet use. After I get some time-in-type built, it could open the door for them or various other corporate jobs, if the regionals are still gridlocked.
As for your last remark, I'm not a neurotic person. I'm not brittle, anxious and losing sleep over this. I stated in the OP that I knew the compression was bad. I was still under the impression I at least should have heard something. FTR, I worked in another highly competitive industry before aviation and they would nit-pick applications over the dumbest little things to narrow down their applicant pool. It was extremely hard to get hired and I'm used to dealing with people of that mindset. I'm not familiar with the 121 world and if they practice the same hiring ways or not, hence why I was wondering if the flight school situation was that disqualifying X-factor. Now that I've read all of your replies, I'm understanding the depth of this situation is far worse than I thought. I'm no longer surprised that no one has contacted me yet. I'm going to keep on keeping on, in the meantime.
That's all you can do. It sounds like it's going well. Getting a new type and some experience on it is fantastic. I agree with those who advised you not to check the terminated box. It's a good story for an interview but get some professional prep so you tell it correctly. Keep flying and keep applying everywhere and take the jobs that will let you fly bigger stuff and put more marketable time in your logbook. You have also already learned the lesson about flying for operators who try to cheap out on maintenance. They are everywhere, especially at the entry level so be cautious.