I once worked with an F16 guy at a local Jet charter outfit. He was a smart and well liked guy however he only had 700 hours of total time and most of it was in the F16. We tried to get him checked out in the Cessna 182 but it was like giving primary instruction. Then he was sent to the turbine twin and he struggled with prop feathering and the rudder. Finally he was reduced to flying right seat in the Learjet and there he stayed till six months later when he was hired at AA with less then 1000 hours.

It takes a considerable amount of high calibre civilian time to match up to an ex-military fighter pilot. If all else is equal the military guy will win out every time. If the guy has both CRJ PIC and is ex-military then the world is his oyster and he will have his choice of plum airline jobs.

Strike one. Not an ex-military pilot.

By for now. I have a house to paint.

SkyHigh