Are you refering to a furlough pink slip or a failed 121 training, check ride bust? If its the later just make sure you have an explanation of what happened, why it happened, how you've changed since and why it won't happen again.

Let me know where because I have looked everywhere including waiting on tables. No one is hiring. I put an application in at one restaurant and the manager said half of his applicants have college degrees. I even have signed up for a temp agency and so far, no calls.

It is a genuine furlough, not a failed training, TG!

I've got enough skeletons in my closet, don't need a 121 failure in there too.

And what I've learned: have six months salary in the bank account at all times.

Which of the “top-tier” regionals pinked you? This an anonymous forum, we don't know you, so why not tell?

I got 3 months of CASS paid vacay, and they were great.

I second the suggestion to ask for the dash. Amazing airplane and you can take any upgrade vacancy there is, whereas CRJ are limited to the jet only.

Good luck to you. If you have any legitimate questions fire away.

Don't go to Mesa. I'd rather flight instruct. When are people going to really understand how sh!tty of an employer Jonathan Ornstein is? By supporting Mesa you support the race to the bottom.

I agree, flight instructing is very reputable but not everyone kept their ratings current.

I looked at 2 flight schools and neither were hiring. Students are leaving because the cost has gone up so much and the job opportunities are shrinking.

If you're in the rich areas of the country there's still plenty of doctors and lawyers learning.

Cry me a river.

It would be funny to see you out of work after all the noise you talk.

I agree, many of us have or will be humbled. Never say never! How can you fault someone for taking a job in their profession in order to keep working? Is it more honorable to collect unemployment and food stamps? Everyone I know that hated Mesa should have never applied there. They lived across the country and tried to support a family and a crash pad. Not an easy task. However, if you are fresh out of college and have low time, why would you not jump in the right seat of a jet and live all over the country?

Like any other job, do your research before you sign on. Mesa has some things about it that make people hate it. I have 2 friends that fly for them and have no problems. They don't mind living in the junior bases and are OK with the pay. They knew what they were signing on for.