yeah one the f16 guys in our group only had 1200hrs tt. most of that was made after 9-11 doing 5 hour circles over dc..... man i have to peee...

ripeagle, what did you find out?

My resume is pretty competative at several majors. I've been reading through a ton of "aviation interviews.com" postings, and the real key is not the resume, but having someone walk in your paperwork. I worry that my 3-years away from flying will be an issue with the majors (and the regionals). I definitely intend to try for a major, but I'm okay with the regionals too - just want to get my foot in the door and air under my arse again.

I found this post very interesting...I am experiencing a very similar situation except I have been out for only five months. I left flying to help my father with my mother who died last month. I am trying to get a flying job...I have my app into just about everybody that is hiring, but the only bite I have so far is from a regional...probably one of the better regionals out there, but it is still a first officer position and a long upgrade time. I should be pretty competitive at most majors but I don't have any connections. Best of luck to you!

CAL might be tempting, but why settle for $29/hr first year FO pay??? That's only SLIGHTLY better than most regionals.

LOL.....good one!

just callin 'em as I see 'em..... :D

haha. well ripeagle even with being out of the airplane for a while you should be ok, i mean you wont be going to fedex, but yea why not cal or southwest (a fighter pilot favorite).

someone mentioned it earlier, but maybe ACMI would be a good compromise. I notice some guys are hiring like Southern Air, Cargo 360, atlas, etc. who knows, 6 months of flying with one of those outfits and youll be scooped up by a major.

It's a shame that a company would apply such a policy towards someone with a military background. These companies must know that the military routinely returns pilots to the cockpit after their obligatory 2-4 years in non-flying staff jobs. No questions asked.