Originally Posted by
RemiDenton
The decision is pretty much between Horizon or Compass I think. There isn't a domicile that doesn't work for me with all of the options with both Regionals. The difficulty lies in maximizing my AF flying as a new guy and trying to pay the bills. I can work as much or as little as I want to get paid so I have a buffer, but that doesn't always mean flights. And paying the bills with either employer means time away from Family anyhow.
I feel like flow thru isn't even anything to worry about with military progression but I also don't want to sound cocky. I hear horror stories of someone taking 10 years to progress to a flow. With companies that do flows, I've heard of folks getting slammed for their mil leave in early years. I'm going to have to scour the boards to see if there is anything like that consistent with either RA. Mil leave will be the only buffer that allows this plan to work.
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I went straight from the heavy mil flying to airlines, got called by like 4 majors, so here's my two cents.
In my opinion, the best thing you can do is fly your butt off at the unit so you can upgrade as fast as possible. Being an AC or IP in a mil heavy gets you more points than right seat of a CRJ.
However, if your unit is giving you the runaround with getting flight time and upgrades, then look for leadership and volunteer roles at an airline. Upgrade to captain, become an instructor, LCA, whatever. Or, hell, volunteer with the union and work at the MEC/LEC/some committee. Majors want to see that you're more than some mindless stick jockey -- they want you being a leader from the first day you hit the line, not learning as you go.
While you're doing that, you need to hit up the networking aspect. Talk to people. Go to events -- doesn't necessarily have to be job fairs, but can be conventions or volunteer gigs. Pick the brain of airline dudes at your unit about how to meet dudes that can write you recommendations and introduce you to chief pilots and union leaders. You would be surprised how many higher up airline dudes I met who happened to be wearing a green bag.