Well, didn’t get the Comair
job. That totally sucks. I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure
out what went wrong at the interview but can’t think of anything. Perhaps it just came down to low flight
time. Funny that I had 300 fewer hours
last year when I received three job offers.
I guess it just points to how different things are now in the post 9/11
world.
For now, at least I am
enjoying flight instruction but I sure did want to be back in the
airlines. We’ll stay in Las Vegas for
the foreseeable future which is the one happy thought in this latest disaster.
It’s strange – I look back
on the success this career started with and now it is full of disappointment
and setbacks. That’s life, I suppose,
but I’m just not used to things not going my way. I know things will turn around eventually, but right now it’s
pretty painful.
Recall to Continental
Express still looks to be at least a year off and I think two years is more
likely. At least they are not
furloughing any more pilots. I have an
application in at SkyWest Airlines who should be interviewing again soon, but I
will face the same competition there that I did at Comair. Still, I am hopeful.
Flew to Bryce Canyon today
with some very nice people who were in town visiting. I get a lot of variety in this job and days like today really do
make it fun, so at least it was a good day up until I got the letter. I have tomorrow off and Stephanie and I will
reevaluate our options, but really, things are no different now than they were
two weeks ago, so we’ll just keep plugging along as before.