Originally Posted by
deltajuliet
Congrats to everybody getting hired. But yeah, it would be wonderful if more civilian guys posted here. You see a lot of people posting in "August 31st Class" threads and whatnot, but rarely with their times or quals. This thread is terrific for getting an idea of what's competitive at each respective airline, but that doesn't work if people (especially civilians) don't use it.
That's because most of the civilian pilots are new hires at the regionals chasing upgrades. I guess some call it job hopping. While most of the military new hires are being hired at any legacy they apply for and then "job hop" to their legacy of choice. Might be the same 1500 military folks constantly being hired over and over again, like the same 1500 regional folks churning at the bottom chasing upgrade. I will only be concerned when the Legacy Airlines start hiring Air Force Drone pilots over regional pilots.
Any day now we should see a Air Force Pilot shortage being advertised.