Originally Posted by
CAirBear
Good for them in getting legit 121 exp, but I will say this.
Ill be 100% honest and tell you what 90% everyone else is too scared to say. It really ****es me off the argument MIL guys are better than Reg pilots. Heres why. For the record, I personally, know how i feel anout the military. My thoughts/views are my own. I could care less what anyone thinks about me. I will say this.
What do RJ pilots do every single F'n day? Thats right they fly into the SAME hubs, carrying the SAME F'n passengers from podunk USA to connect to NYC, LAX and every other major US Metropolitan for the legacies.
Heres whats idiotic. Do you honestly think any competent RJ CA, or senior competent RJ FO, is going to fail out of newhire training at mainline? A VAST majority = Hell no. They do the same god damn job!!!!! They only damn thing they are learning is a bigger plane and new company FOM and procedures. Yet certain legacies (cough cough Delta) have a raging hardon to hire military over an RJ guy who does the same job.
I realize this will be a moot point with the number of retirements soon, but it is crazy how, somehow, military jocks have such a tremendously better skill set than guys doing the same exact job, all intents and purpose.
Ok, I'll take the bait...
Since, based on your position elucidated in this post, I am fairly certain that you have not been through the rigorous selection process and training that is the hallmark of military aviation. Therefore I would maintain you are not privy to what the airlines are truly looking for in a candidate.
Do the majors prefer, or based on the intonations in your post, dare we say "covet" ex-mil? I would not use the term "covet". Rather, I would say the Major's KNOW the commodity they are getting when hiring a former military pilot. It speaks to learning curve, mental processing capacity, piloting skills, and discipline required to make it into and through the military training programs.
Being an ex-mil fighter guy (20 + years of flying fighters), who is presently flying with a regional, I don't get your point. I have not been scooped up by a major. I update my apps just like everyone else, continue to try to be better at my job and hope for one day to get the call up for an interview.
I know several folks at my airline getting picked up (seems like the pace is quickening). Outstanding all of them, and not a single one ex-mil. I did not go on a forum and claim that the majors "don't like mil guys/gals" based on that.
Based on the hiring stats I've seen, I think it is still pretty fair across the board.