Originally Posted by
thevagabond
No need to be defensive. I've personally flown with great pilots from both sides. And crappy ones as well. Scully has a good point. In reality though it shouldn't be just 1500 hours, it should also be part 135 scheduled all weather flying as well. The straight from flight instructing types will never know how much aviation knowledge, experience, and skills they missed out on by skipping this step because they'll never have it. It can't be earned in a two pilot 121 cockpit.
I'm not being defensive dude. Just stating facts. I've been through commercial before military, military, Skywest, and delta. Met all kinds of great people and dumbasses. Military by far and away is the best training because of a lot of factors. I would say the number one being years of complete immersion in flying. Everyday is training. Every mission is debriefed. Every EP is discussed on a revolving basis. That's not a knock on 121 training. The military can afford to do that. Obviously it's not realistic for private companies to be able to follow suit.