Originally Posted by
HercDriver130
Sig.... hum.. not sure how to answer you. Yes.. I was out of the cockpit professionally for over 10 years. Your comment about currency?...not sure what you are asking... but I am current IFR, etc, both ME and SE....
If what you are asking is if I plan on staying at RAH.... I cant answer that but I will say that I have never cared if I flew the biggest plane or the fastest plane or made crap loads of money. I flew the Herc for gods sake and that was a freaking awesome plane to fly, but she was neither fast, or sleek nor did we garner much respect from our BIG MAC ( C-5 , C-141, C-5 ) brothers.....( yes the C-17 was still in testing when i left the AF ) .... so I could easily see myself staying at one place. on top of that im 44 and have had some life changing experiences in the past few years.... flying and a decent QOL is what I require...and to work for a company that in some way maybe perhaps if thats possible gives a damn about its workers. I flew for nearly 3 years for AE ( when it was an all Tprop op ) on the ATR and there was NO respect from AMR or the AA pilots for the Eagles....
So I guess if your question is why is a guy like me coming to RAH...because they have a good reputation and because of some of the aforementioned reasons. The grass is not always greener on some other seniority list....if that makes any sense.
Not sure I have answered your question but if not PM and I will elaborate further.
Almost exactly like me, here in about 5-10 years. I'm an old Herk guy too, but an enlisted guy with a bit of FE time and a lot of crew chief time on the Herks and about 5 years on C-9As (good bird, hated to see them go away). I'll be 38 when I retire from the AF - 5 short years - and hope to have a foot in the door for the regionals by the time I'm in my mid 40's if not sooner, currently working on PPL and will go from there. Judging by the reading here in the forums, QOL and compensation carry about the same weight for a lot of you, for all intents and purposes interchangeable for most it seems.
What you said made prefect sense, and I'm not even in your shoes. Good luck and fly safe.
HerkFCC