Originally Posted by
Nrice
I do a lot of flying at school and ill be doing more flying over the summer and ill have a pretty good number hours within the next 4years but even with 1100hrs it just doesnt compare to the people who have 3000+ hours and PIC with a type rating.
It's not necessarily what you know or how many hours you have, it's who you know and how hard you work to make the connections that will get you in somewhere.
Also, some regionals really don't want 3000+ hour folks with prior 121 experience. They see such a person as a "short timer" who will bail to the next level once the majors pick up hiring. This means another training cycle, another training cost, another vacant seat until the replacement gets trained.
They might rather have someone like you who they know will stick around for a few years.
Good luck, and I really don't think you'll be instructing for 3-5 years.
-Dog