Originally Posted by
floydbird
With 3 failed checkrides in less 1,000 hours of time, you are going to have to reset your expectations in a big way; 121 is not in your future, at least for a very long time--and I'm not talking about waiting until the end of summer, or when you get to 1,000 hours.
You need to put significant time and space between yourself and your busts. Rickair is right....135/91 is your future, and your only possible chance at this point. Even if you go a couple years without any hiccups, hoping an airline will overlook 3 busts is asking a lot.
Sorry, but it's true.
No, it is not.
He failed 3 checkrides in less than his first 1,000 hours of time. It might be a trend, and I agree that he probably needs to gain more flight time and show a history of checkride successes to prove he's likely to successfully complete 121 initial training.
But to say 135/91 is his "only possible chance" is a bit of a stretch, given the REALITY of regional airline hiring which is loving "young and dumb" pilots who they expect will stay vs. more experienced pilots who they know will leave at the very first opportunity for something "better".
I know more than one pilot with that many or MORE busts during their initial training that got hired by regionals during the 2006-2007 hiring wave.
Regionals can afford to be choosy now in hiring because the supply of candidates for those jobs greatly outweighs the demand...but that almost certainly will not be the case in 12 months, or even 6 months down the road.