Originally Posted by
ghilis101
There are a ton of high time military instructors and evaluators who are probably the best candidates right now, so Im guessing its very selective right now at AA. Talking to my active duty buddies, most of them are getting out in the next few months, so thats even more experienced instructors who should have no problems getting hired. I think once you see the pool of check airmen, and military IP's dry up, then things will open up.
Back in the 70's I would agree with you. However, since the regional boom and the two catastrophic events, 911 and the age 65 rule, there are extremely qualified applicants who fly in the airline system and has proven to be worthy to sit in a main line aircraft. Just because one is a pilot in the military does not make him more qualified then a regional pilot. It's just a different type of flying. I bet you could take the majority of regional pilots and train them in a f16 or whatever aircraft just as easy as a military pilot is trained in a 121 style flying. In fact most military pilots come out of service with less hours than a regional pilot flying for the same amount of years. When it comes down to it the regional pilot is more experienced than the military when it comes to 121. If you were going in the military type flying then the military pilot is more qualified. I will agree that management, non pilots, are conditioned to think the same as you when it comes to military but the fact is the regional pilot is more qualified.