Hard to say. I didn't join the Navy to build time for the airlines. I joined because I wanted to fly jets off of aircraft carriers and serve my country and in the end be a squadron skipper. I never intended to get out of the Navy even as much as a year ago. The past year and the direction the Navy has gone in "doing more with less" at the expense of people(it's greatest asset) is what did me in. I would argue that the vast majority of "youngsters" that haunt these boards are looking for a 'free' ticket to the airlines in terms of flight time. Wrong answer and wrong reasons.