Originally Posted by
waldo135
OK, I'll bite. I start Indoc soon and am a newly retired mil pilot. I have zero 121 (or any other civil) experience. I DO, however, have extensive experience crossing the ocean (all of them) with ACARS and CPDLC. I have flown into the busiest airports in the world and to every continent except Antartica. I find it very condescending when people assume that just because someone is a 'newhire' or a military pilot just entering the commercial world that they are somehow inept or dangerous.
You are not. You are probably a better candidate to go the ER vs. a regional guy and a regional guy will initially do better in JFK during an IROP. Heck, you would do better in the ER than I would and I've been here 7 years. I have no clue what a CPDLC even does. After a couple months nobody will be able to tell the difference between a mil or civ guy other than your ID lanyards. Delta hires guys who can figure it out and we have captains that typically help new guys succeed. Welcome to Delta!