It's funny to me that most non mil guys think when I/we mil leave we sit around and drink beer all day at the SQ with our bros. Give me a break. You try staying current on a military jet with 6 pages of currency items and an endless myriad of ancillary training that only seem to get longer by the day. Unless you have walked a mile in our shoes you have no room to judge. I chose to serve my country instead of chasing an airline job.

Between a family, a civilian job, and my/our mil commitments there is no way to make it all balance without mil leave unless you want to tell your family that 2 jobs come first and they can settle for what is left (nothing).

Funny I have never heard a CA at my 121 carrier say they love flying with a smurf jet driver over a mil type. Get off the "mil leave" types. You clearly have NO idea what you are talking about. Companies know what they are getting into when you hire USN/USAF/USN. Pilots and yet it doesn't stop them.

"But I flew Delta passengers." Who cares. I don't care if you flew POTUS. May the most qualified be called and hired. Hours does not equal experience. Being a Major regional carrier does not equal an "earned" interview/position." Get over yourself.