Originally Posted by
Rhino12
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.
Not sure who you fly 121 for, and I'm not singling you out specifically, but this is an example of what not to bring to Delta. While it is frustrating for those on the outside, trying to figure out where they stack up, as a current Delta pilot I can tell you most of us don't give a RA where you came from.
To put it another way, You are going to be sitting in my right seat. Where you came from, what you flew, male or female, I don't care. I only care that you know how to do your job without getting me killed, and be someone I don't mind buying beers for on the layover.
FWIW, I was a smurfjet flyer. I also flew an M-16 in the military. My best man and Godfather of my eldest son flew smurfjets with me. He also just made Capt in the Navy as an SWO. I've seen good and bad pilots come from both tracks. One way is not any better than the other. Some smurfjet drivers may have a far more extensive military career than you might think.