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.
I've had similar experiences with some Capts. Shortly after I finished OE, I had a 2.5 hour layover with a guy after the 1st leg of our trip (a deadhead). He decided he would spend the next 2 hours "teaching" me how to run operations. He started the conversation telling me how much catching up I had to do, how much better RJ pilots are at the ops at this stage in the game, etc. I politely smiled, nodded, and listened intently. Then, when it came to running the next couple of legs, getting my job done and helping him do his job, I killed it. He told me at the end of the trip I was probably one of the best Military guys he's flown with, "even better than some RJ guys".
I guess the morale is: bury your pride, do a damn good job and prove to them that mil guys are just as good.
Welcome aboard!