Originally Posted by
awakenedpilot
I hear you on the "I don't know what I don't know"! I've been talking to all my military friends who have made this leap and have gotten plucked out by a major fairly quickly. I've picked their brains to probably an annoying state. As far as commuting goes, that's tough and I'm a bit scared to find out how that will go. Who knows where you'd get based but it is a part of that leap of faith we're all taking on this. Then, if we get picked up by a major, we'll probably commute again for a while until we figure the rest of our lives out
No doubt!
*Note: all of the below is opinion and based on shady, at best, assumptions based on reading.
It does seem like the reserve life at a major is less of a "beatings continue until morale improves" setup. I'm sure it's not still rosy - but two things. 1) there are many things I've read regarding reserve at a regional that I don't see come up with reserve at a major: junior manned being one of them. 2) the paycheck tends to ease some of the pain (unless you've set yourself up for a wicked commute to reserve. Not sure you can pay your way out of that?)