Originally Posted by
SharkyBN584
It's all a gamble. There are plenty of military guys that skipped regionals altogether and are flying in the Majors right now. There are also plenty that got turned down by those majors and went to regionals or quit flying altogether. For every guy I meet in the Jumpseat that said "I was prior military" I meet another guy at my regional that says the same thing. I meet even more in real life that say "Yea, I used to fly but couldn't get on anywhere so I'm doing something else". Not knocking military training or flying...just saying it's not the promised land of aviation anymore. Everyone's gotta pretty even shot of landing a job.
That doesn't exactly jive with my experiences...almost all of my military buds who flew fixed wing are at major airlines. There are only a few exceptions...
Super hard-charging guys with advanced educations who wanted to do more with their lives...they deliberately chose high-powered civilian careers instead of airlines.
Cargo guys who got out with less than 1000 TPIC...they do the regional for a while and then move up as soon as they get the TPIC. A guy with regional 121 AND military training is very competetive...more so than your stock RJ captain.