Originally Posted by
LivinTheDream28
No doubt flying fighters is more difficult and probably takes more skill, but what are you being hired to do? Not fly fighters, but operate in the 121 environment as safely as possible. While military guys are usually great sticks, put them on ORD ground in the middle of a blizzard and good luck keeping up. My point is, we all have different skills and to say one side is better than the other is stupid. The military guys in our class struggled more than everyone else, not because they were bad aviators, but because they hadn't been through a 121 training program. Who do you think has an easier transition, a 10 year RJ capt, or a 2000 hour military fighter pilot?
Enough on this, what does it freakin matter. In the end everyone comes out the same. 2000 Hrs in a single seat fighter equates to around 1800 sorties. How many hours would you have after 1800 flights in an RJ? Like I said it is a wash. Lets leave it alone.