Originally Posted by
Otterbox
As time goes on, you're likely going to see more military guys flying in the regionals thanks to increased service commitment time, and career diversification tours taking many of them out of the cockpits for their final 2-3 years of service. This has been a big trend with Navy Maritime pilots lately, and some of the AF Heavy crowd.
I haven't seen the numbers, so it's all just hypothalating and speculization
But I think a lot of mil pilots are being soaked up, with less and less readily available. Check out the UAL and DAL threads. Guys that have filled out the app but have separation/available dates 1-2 years out are getting emails that basically say "when you are working 6 months of separation PLEASE contact us".
The legacies have ALWAYS valued military. What I'm getting at is, a loosening or relaxing on currency requirements for mil pilots. COMPARED TO NOW.
Besides, reading this board (and others) you'll see some mil guys getting picked up with less than (insert specific legacy's publicly announced at a job fair hours in the last year by the HMFIC of hiring here).