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Old 01-24-2006, 05:03 PM
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MTSU..definitely look into what kind of airplane/craft you may end up with. You could very well end up flying rotors and not be able to get to fixed-wing and that would pretty much be worthless to an airline. I'm guessing you've already looked at the AF. If not I would suggest that route. You might want to read some of the posts under the "ANG Part-time Pay" thread as we discussed in detail what being an AF pilot is like. The main reason I suggest the AF is simply b/c of the planes we have. A HArrier or F-18 is really cool but (1) fighters dont get as many flying hours as heavies and (2) I think the airlines might rather see C-17, KC-135, KC-10, C-5, C-9 etc because thats more in line with what they have in their fleets. Bottom line is that unless you had a reasonable assurance that you could get a decent size fixed wing acft I wouldnt go to the Marines (if you're planning on an airline career).

Just my 2 cents
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