Originally Posted by
DCA A321 FO
He is saying the guy doesn't want to be a Naval Officer but wants to use the Navy for UAL training, for that reason, he should be washed out.
I would submit that there are a great number of pilots who are only officers because it's required to be a pilot (most services). How many times have you guys heard people wish there was a way to just stay a pilot their whole career and bring up Warrant officers. Many of whom desire to go to the airlines or other flying jobs when they get out. As long as they serve faithfully then I have nothing wrong with people who enter the military with an end goal of the airlines.
Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
Absolutely not. I'm saying that guys can be washed out because the IP cadre don't like them.
The same IPs that are all now asking for recs to the airlines as they wait for VSP or Palace Chase? Or for ARC guys, asking if your squadron is hiring (after a debrief in UPT...)?
Originally Posted by
Hilltopper89
Agreed and I'm not that naive. Yet one should have an overarching desire to serve first.
Now this i'm in total agreement with you. I guess I've just never equated an end goal of the airlines = not really wanting to serve.
It always makes me laugh when we're TDY to an AD base (or some Guard bases that act like they're AD) and after work is over, one of us brings up the airlines in conversation. You see the young guys basically stop talking and the leadership get angry. Leadership is naive if they think ALL of their LTs and Capts want to be the next patch, the next planner of the Christmas party or the next WG/CC. It amazes me to see that my AD friends are having to secretly go get their ATPs. I guess i've just never understood the dynamic.