I was out of flying for 10 years, and then got a class date at a regional. I was almost done with training, and then turned on the TV about noon on 9.11.2001.

I passed my oral and simulator check the next day, and was furloughed about a week later. About a year after than, I got another class date at an airline, but not a regional.

I never did have a first flight at a regional airline.