Hello,

I am being taken out of the cockpit to serve because uncle sam needed a warm body to fill a billet(not by choice).

If my math is right, after this billet and if I get back into the cockpit, at the end of my obligated service I will have roughly 1,000 hours.

Would it be worthwhile to supplement my military time with general aviation? Do the airlines look at this favorably? There maybe a possibly to air commute to the new billet and was thinking about buying an airplane(150/172). The time would be the same from sitting in traffic to air commuting, so that isnt really a factor for a decision. I would be spending more money flying GA then just driving to work, but I am able to afford it. It would only be about the gaining hours while out of the cockpit for the billet and doing it while commuting to work.

Its takes roughly 1 hour round trip. That turns out to 360 "extra" hours after the 1 1/2 year billet.

What are the your thoughts?