I was resigned from a regional due to a lot of reasons - will this hurt my chances of getting on with another regional? I already applied to chq - and mistakenly put on the application yes to have you ever been asked to resign - should i resubmit another app?

thanks!

 

"asked to resign" means FIRED. You will need to correct that...I would send a letter to the company.

If you had valid reasons for resigning (ie personal, family, medical) and have resolved those issues, then another airline should be OK with that. Be prepared to explain it well.

If you just got sick of working for a regional, or had problems with management... then you probably need to come up with a better story. Make sure that you cannot get caught in a lie...they will contact your previous employer.

Exception: If you worked for mesa, got sick of it and quit, you can assume most other employers will understand that.

 

You are screwed. If you reapply, they will wonder why you changed your answer.

 

You were allowed to resign means you resigned. You were not fired. You would have been fired but that is nobody's business. The fact is you resigned. The reason you were given this "opportunity" is that your former company does not want to deal with possible lawsuits dealing with your career or lack of it due to being fired.

Get over it and come up with a good explanation of why you "resigned." Don't ever admit you were fired. You should, however, examine why you were asked to leave and evaluate whether you want to stay in this career. Maybe you have poor pilot skills, maybe you don't fit in, and maybe you are just too weird. We've all flown with guys that should not be in this industry. It this is you, maybe you should try something else. If you were fired (sorry, resigned) because of some big injustice, then get on with life and get another job. Time will heal all wounds.

 

Tell them the truth, not what you think they want to hear. "The truth will set you free."

 

First off, you're not screwed. Send a letter to CHQ (or better yet call them and then follow up in writing) saying that you accidentally misread the question and checked the box. Assuming that you left of your own accord (and were not asked to resign), explain that you had resigned and why and were not asked to leave your company.

It's no biggie if you left a company as long as there is a reasonable explaination. However, if you left because of "the schedules were bad" or "I didn't enjoy the regional life", then you might want to reconsider your answers if you plan on getting back into it (or reconsider getting back into it).

I don't know your situation, so I can't determine one way or the other what's best. But realize that if you left for "personal reasons", I would want to know what those were and ensure that they have been settled before I hired you...