Originally Posted by
akulahunter
Question...
I am looking to transition from the military to mainline carrier. I will have to go to a regional to build time in order to be competitive.
How much weight do the mainline carriers put on where your 121 time came from? When it comes to hiring, does it matter if you fly RJs or Props during your regional time?
Need a little more info.
Mil time is ALWAYS sought after. But for RIGHT HERE, and RIGHT NOW, what kind of mil time? Meaning, do you have AC time? If so, how much? IP/NATOPS/STANDEVAL/EP time?
If none of those boxes are checked, within your peer group (IE; other mil pilots), you would be a little low on the competitive side.
However, circling BACK to square one, mil time is ALWAYS sought after. Meaning, whether it's props or jets won't matter for a mil trained pilot like it would for a pure civ pilot. Although, believe it or not, legacies used to take pure TP pilots with NO glass and NO AP and put them into planes like the Airbus
THE HORROR!!!!!!!! Cargo/ACMI (FedEx/UPS/Atlas/Polar/Kalitta/Southern/Gemini used to take TP pilot with NO glass, NO AP, NO crossings and throw them into MD11's and 744's
THE HORROR!!!!!!!!
(that's called sarcasm and facetious humor for those not so inclined)
Sigh......and now sadly, an epic thread drift will ensue, debating "who's a better pilot? A prop pilot or a jet pilot?", that's NOT the point, although in APC fashion, it WILL happen. Just wait and see. But AGAIN, it's a RIGHT HERE and RIGHT NOW/11000+ applications in the stack type of thing for ordinary off the street not very well connected/networked/not part of a special interest group, etc.