Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
I think you are overemphasizing it just a teensy bit.
I was hired by a major and wait for it...
I didn't know anybody. No rec letters. I didn't buy donuts for the chief pilot. Plenty of guys have been hired by simply submitting their resume.
In case you haven't noticed, the thread is dealing with NO TPIC and getting hired.
Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
I was hired with about 1350 TPIC, maybe 200 SIC, but it was fighters and I had the standard list of leadership roles accomplished; IP, 4-ship lead, mission commander, etc.
Ya think maybe that stuff helped separate you from the applicants that DIDN'T have TPIC, let alone in a different era?
Feel free to disagree, but for now and the foreseeable future, it'll be rare that one is hired with ZERO TPIC/AC time that ISN'T rec'd/connected somehow
Originally Posted by
ForeverFO
Sour grapes? Maybe you need to look at other hiring aspects besides "it's who you know."
Nope, doesn't apply. But good job on the assumption