Originally Posted by
OceanCrosser
Now that is funny.
My lottery number was 325 in 1973 and was enrolled in the AVROC program at my little college in Louisiana. Was rifted when I dropped to part time one semester (recruiter said there was a 10 month backlog on pilots getting training slots and the Navy was looking for ways to slim the applicants since the end of Vietnam had created a surplus of pilots).
The thread shouldn't be toast, I stand by my statement that military trained doesn't make you a better pilot, just a better trained pilot.
Sorry to disappoint, but I respect all backgrounds equally!
Fly safe,
OC
I agree 100%. When I worked as an instructor in the 727 program, 2 of my most difficult students were former Navy F-18 pilots. We called them HUD babies back then. IMO only, and this is IMO, pilots coming from regionals and former F-4 pilots are the only ones qualified immediately for the airline industry. Guess which one is TIC.