nagginpilotwife

I have been married to my pilot husband for 7 years. In this time, 3 companies sold of the planes he was flying, 1 changed his schedule so he could no longer commute home, and another had him working 28 days a month and he quit because he had no life. So that is 5 jobs in 7 years. Now when anyone looks at his resume they say he is a job hopper and isn't sticking around long enough which is why they won't hire him. Well, he can't help all that. He explains it well but they still worry he won't stick around. How should he over come this?

Thanks for the input.

socal swede

He might have to go with a little less desirable employer for a while so he can show a bit longer job record with one company. You don't specify his hours or experience so it's a bit hard to suggest anyone in particular.

FlyJSH

Three flight departments closing doors is easy to explain and far from unexpected: half of the companies I worked for early on are gone now.

But to quit two jobs because he didn't like his schedule, that is harder to explain. Maybe he should be asking more questions before he accepts a job. Maybe he needs to accept that life often sucks as the new guy until he gets some seniority, and getting seniority at a small 91 operation (must be part 91 to have a 28 day schedule) can take forever.

And maybe HE should be asking for advice instead of nagginpilotwife (you chose the screen name, not me). I have seen more than one pilot catch a ton of flak from his/her spouse who loved being married to a glamorous pilot, but hated the realities of being a pilot like lots of time away from home.

nagginpilotwife

The user name is a joke. Don't get to worried about me nagging him. I spend most of my spare time which is little with 3 kids and my own career sending out resumes for him while he is out on the road.
As far as the "glamour" of being a pilots wife, I never really thought it was that big of a deal. It's his job, just like teaching is mine. I have always found it humorous when people make it such a big deal when I tell him what he does. I find his coming home and taking over some of house work and responsibilities with the kids much more sexier.

He did ask about the schedule with the other two companies. The first one told him he could commute home Fri-Mon then they changed the route to include a Friday and Monday run so he couldn't commute anymore. The other one was a 7 on 7 off schedule but when they were low on pilots he was required to fill in or be fired. Our son was in the hospital and they wouldn't even let him take off work. Which was why he quit that one.

As far as his times he has 4300 total and 750 jet.

74plb

I had a similar situation in the mid Eighties. My then wife had emergency surgery and I had to fly a leg from SFO-LAX. I told scheduling what was happening and they said that they couldn't find another body. So, I flew the trip, her parents accompanied her to the hospital. She never forgave me for working that trip.
Minor issues like paying the mortgage, car payment etc weren't that important to her. (Not that I blame her.) Aviation induced divorced came soon after.
I was on probation at the time and felt that I couldn't push the envelope, so I went to work. Fast forward to 2003 when my wife had her gallbladder removed, I took advantage of the family leave act and stayed home to take care of my wife and 2 kids.
Be proud of your husband for doing what he thought was right! I resigned from my last job because of scheduling policy's and sold cars for awhile until getting back into the game.
Things will work out for him too.