Originally Posted by
CEFO
Hi Rickair,
Thanks.
I have internal rec's and my background is pt. 135 freight and charter. My intention is definitely to get hired and hang around until upgrade. I am hoping that i am not in a twilight zone where I don't have the time for the majors and too much for regionals.
Have your references call HR (or better yet walk in and visit). Sometimes you have to lobby to get an interview.
You should be the ideal guy that regionals prefer. Times are tad higher than average but times are tough right now so they should be used to seeing that. Your experience actually does not make you qualified or competitive for majors so that should not be a factor.
Originally Posted by
CEFO
Would recruiters look at a resignation as a black spot, if you didn't resign to go to another flying job?
That would depend. You would probably need a good reason other than just being tired of your job...sick family member, spouse relocated for a great job, etc. Otherwise they might question your devotion to aviation. One way around that would do freelance CFI work to keep current.
If you quite because of safety concerns that might be OK with an employer but you have to walk a fine line with that one. A decent employer should be OK with your resigning over legit safety issues, but on the other hand they don't want to hire a whiner.
There will also be the suspicion that you "resigned in lieu of being fired". Sometimes there's no way to disprove this, other than a great reference from that employer.