Another mil guy here, fitting the low hours category. Fighter time is hard to come by - almost 1000 sorties and still don't have 1500 hours so I'm on a restricted ATP ticket.

Direct from guys at FedEx, Delta and American: "dude, go to a regional. They'll hire you, you'll get the hours a helluva lot quicker than in a fighter and add 121 experience to boot." Plus, all I need is SIC to add to the TT category.

So...trying to time my exit and set up my interviews with PSA, PDT, Envoy and Endeavor. Add NetJets to mix as well, and then....I go into the 12,000 app hopper with everyone else.

As mentioned above - lots of different stories from mil backgrounds driving regional apps.