Originally Posted by
xjtguy
First off, I have nothing but the upmost respect for service members.
But since we're people want to turn this into a mil vs. civ who "deserves the job more" type of whine fest. You know, the kind that ALWAYS pops when a hiring cycle starts, it's competitive and dorky pilots have to stick their chests out, thump them loudly, and say "I did this this and this therefore I'm more holy than thou art and deserve this job more" type crap. Doesn't matter the background.
In reference to your above post, not many regional pilots commuting with min days off, corp/135 jobs, ACMI jobs, etc allow for much time to go volunteer or do community service either.
I'm pretty sure I know as many service members that had non-flying or enlisted backgrounds as those that did. Sorry, I don't care, they BOTH "deserve" the SAME consideration to me for their service/sacrifice to their country. Whenever I fly with a mil guy that flew and he starts to go off on enlisted personel in the military I just roll my eyes at the sense of entitlement and superiority he's probably has his WHOLE life.
And NOPE, not ALL are like this. Civilian only types do it to. But every background demographic has their "10 percent".
If that truth is too ugly for some to handle, sorry. It's STILL the truth.
Ah selective edititing. Leaving out the extra eleven words in my post frames the debate much better for you dosent it. I was not thumping my chest. My military service was at a time when it was much easier to serve. Same base house for 9 years and you dont want to know where it was located.
Hacker did not slam enlisted or non flyers, he simply pointed out that the ops tempo in the military is tough. And in general tougher for flyers. Yes your 10% rule applies, I am sure there are many enlisted and non flying jobs in the military that have equal or more demanding time demands.
The question we are discussing is that the current FDX hiring policy apparently does not consider service to country as community service. Is this fair or not? Sounds like you want to debate military vs civilian. Have at it but dont pretend I started it. You did and I am not playing.