Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I've been down both roads.
A better way of saying it is that the lowest common denominator for pilot skill is higher in the military than the civilian world...there are civilians who really have no business being in an airliner.
Employers know this, so military guys get some benefit of the doubt that civilians do not.
Obviously not every military guy is a better person than every civilian but again the LCD is higher. You will definitely experience more personal and professional growth in the military than doing the puppy-mill/cfi/regional track. In the latter case you might get a one-hour powerpoint session on leadership during upgrade training. Maybe.
Now that I can agree with! haha
And before you ask, no I have not been presented with a leadership power-point at all. Took it upon myself to get all the leadership training I cant get just to better myself. Had a few management jobs as I was working towards my CFI, but nothing like I would learn in OCS or afterwards. Mostly I have read books, taken some classes at school and kept my feet wet with management/leadership duties. Still worth every penny as a civillian.