Originally Posted by
JTwift
I'll tell you what....after a month of sitting in a crash pad, and the days away from home for training and trips....I'm seriously reconsidering my decision to pursue the airlines.
Yeah, I know it "gets better", but man...
Personally, I wouldn't make any sweeping decisions about if the airline life is for you based on 6 months at a regional. Just recall that your time in UPT and AETC weren't a good predictor of what life was going to be like as a Lieutenant in an operational USAF unit, either.
That being said, there are a lot of military dudes who are a bit shell-shocked by the change in lifestyle in the beginning, even for those who go directly to a "career" airline right off the bat. I was just talking to a close AF bud who is about a year into flying the MD-88 at Delta, and he said the first 6 months weren't great -- new lifestyle to figure out, new airplane to learn, new people to figure out how to fly with, etc -- but now that he was a little further down the line it was becoming clear why this was a great second career.