Bedford trying to make an argument on the behalf of regionals in regards to military pilots was completely dishonest and I wish Capt Moak could have chimed in and called him out on it. Arguing that military guys can land on an aircraft carrier but not have meet the requirement of 750 hours to fly commerically is absurd. That is a theoretical problem that has no practicality whatsoever.

First of all, military pilots contracts are extensive. Navy requires 8 years after winging. Air Force is 10 years. The amount of flight time accrued over that time...even amongst the pointy nose guys that get less time, will all leave over 750 hours and be eligible for a restricted ATP. Maybe if that certain servicemember only did a 1st tour flying tour, and NEVER did another...then maybe he could be that low. But even then, that would require some crazy circumstances. And if he didn't fly afterwards...there's a good chance he's not interested in flying on the outside; at the very least he wouldn't be remotely current. I left my first flying tour with 1300 total time. I'll leave my current flying tour with 2000...and I'm punching at my commitment. Guys who stay for the long haul will obviously be much higher. I don't know of a single guy who left his first tour with less than 750 TT.

When asked how on average how many times a military pilot could run into this "problem" and leave the service at not have 750 hours...he completely sidesteps the question and says "I think today we are seeing very few military pilots actually coming into the commerical airline business. Uh, so, one of the challenges we have is a that the commericial airlines business is a seniority based oppurtunity...blah blah blah."

Absolutley speechless.