Originally Posted by
sailingfun
You should have no trouble getting hired. It's not 85% military getting jobs. The reason lots of military do get hired is often not the flying part of the resume. Most military who get into UPT had great resumes before they ever started flight training. Solid academics and generally a great background in other activities. Most by the time they exit the military have a masters.
If you are not getting called take a hard look at the non flying part of your resume and see what you can do to improve it.
I agree with this. Most officers have masters and almost all of them have very good oral board/presentation/speaking skills. In addition, an extensive military network exists at the majors who help each other out to get guys hired. Plus it is hard to knock 1000 HRS of F-16 time or 2000 HRS of C-17 / KC-10 time, flying internationally and in war zones. Most all over them (just to get a mil pilot job out of college) have top academics from college.
It is what it is folks