Detailing Civil Air Patrol experience
07-01-2014, 04:59 PM
#11
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Joined APC: Jan 2007
Position: FO
Posts: 266
Originally Posted by Beaver Hunter
finally threw in the towel because the paperwork was getting crazy. My hats off to you for putting up with it.
The paperwork is worse than active duty military flying.
EAA Young Eagles is a better way to pass the baton to our next generation of aviators.
That being said, I know Alaska Airlines is big on community service, and if I was still an active member, I'd put it on the resume.
Cheers,
Fails to Feather
07-01-2014, 05:05 PM
#12
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Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 962
PLEASE mention your cap experience to future employers and show how proud you are. I want to watch them laugh in your face. The silver hair patrol gets you SOME flight hours but compared to whats really required to be a PROFESSIONAL PILOT it is a drop in the bucket at best.
07-01-2014, 07:22 PM
#13
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Joined APC: Aug 2013
Posts: 445
Do employers also look down on flying with the CoastGuard Auxiliary?
I was considering doing this, and to be honest, even if employers look down on it I will still probably do it, and just leave it off my resume.
Why do employers look down on CAP? It sounds from the posters on here that they rate it even below tooling around in your own 172 building hours??
I was considering doing this, and to be honest, even if employers look down on it I will still probably do it, and just leave it off my resume.
Why do employers look down on CAP? It sounds from the posters on here that they rate it even below tooling around in your own 172 building hours??
07-01-2014, 09:39 PM
#14
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Joined APC: Mar 2009
Posts: 1,822
I never put CAP or any other volunteer stuff on a resume and I was hired by my present employer 7 years ago and was just hired by my parent company a few weeks back. The only time I even mentioned CAP was when I was asked how I built my time. I also didn't include the fact that I flew pipeline on my resume either. To each is own. IMHO...it doesn't matter. Employers only want to know if you can fly an airplane. It won't help or hurt. Good luck!
07-02-2014, 05:57 AM
#15
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.
Posts: 5,708
Originally Posted by deftone
Do employers also look down on flying with the CoastGuard Auxiliary?
I was considering doing this, and to be honest, even if employers look down on it I will still probably do it, and just leave it off my resume.
Why do employers look down on CAP? It sounds from the posters on here that they rate it even below tooling around in your own 172 building hours??
I was considering doing this, and to be honest, even if employers look down on it I will still probably do it, and just leave it off my resume.
Why do employers look down on CAP? It sounds from the posters on here that they rate it even below tooling around in your own 172 building hours??
07-02-2014, 06:18 AM
#16
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Joined APC: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,075
I was not in CAP, but my kid was. He was in a very active wing whose emphasis was on development of responsibility and values in the kids. This included rides in a C5, camping in tents at Dover, color guard at the local AAA baseball games, parking of planes at local fly-ins and a 3 day tour of Norfolk Navy base. These are just the highlights; there was always something going on and it kept the kids interested. The kids were devoted and motivated and learned how to march, shine boots and contribute to the community rather than how to roll joints.
Based on my son's, and therefore my, experience I would consider CAP, either as a youth member or an adult participant, to be a feather in your cap rather than a black eye.
Based on my son's, and therefore my, experience I would consider CAP, either as a youth member or an adult participant, to be a feather in your cap rather than a black eye.
Last edited by Hetman; 07-02-2014 at 06:30 AM.
07-02-2014, 06:25 PM
#18
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Originally Posted by Hetman
I was not in CAP, but my kid was. He was in a very active wing whose emphasis was on development of responsibility and values in the kids. This included rides in a C5, camping in tents at Dover, color guard at the local AAA baseball games, parking of planes at local fly-ins and a 3 day tour of Norfolk Navy base. These are just the highlights; there was always something going on and it kept the kids interested. The kids were devoted and motivated and learned how to march, shine boots and contribute to the community rather than how to roll joints.
Based on my son's, and therefore my, experience I would consider CAP, either as a youth member or an adult participant, to be a feather in your cap rather than a black eye.
Based on my son's, and therefore my, experience I would consider CAP, either as a youth member or an adult participant, to be a feather in your cap rather than a black eye.
07-02-2014, 08:36 PM
#19
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Posts: 962
Originally Posted by Hetman
I was not in CAP, but my kid was. He was in a very active wing whose emphasis was on development of responsibility and values in the kids. This included rides in a C5, camping in tents at Dover, color guard at the local AAA baseball games, parking of planes at local fly-ins and a 3 day tour of Norfolk Navy base. These are just the highlights; there was always something going on and it kept the kids interested. The kids were devoted and motivated and learned how to march, shine boots and contribute to the community rather than how to roll joints.
Based on my son's, and therefore my, experience I would consider CAP, either as a youth member or an adult participant, to be a feather in your cap rather than a black eye.
Based on my son's, and therefore my, experience I would consider CAP, either as a youth member or an adult participant, to be a feather in your cap rather than a black eye.
07-02-2014, 09:34 PM
#20
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Joined APC: Apr 2008
Position: Sleeping in the black swan’s nest.
Posts: 5,708
When I was bush flying in Alaska the saying went something like this. If you ever go down you'd better hope your buddies find you before the CAP gets involved. Because when those idiots get involved and start running things you are truly SKREWD!
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