Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
...only the tried/tested regional pilot is capable of 'seeing" the issues, and the ignorant military pilot is incapable of rational thought until you tell him what to think. You need to do this because you are a......seasoned professional?
Not sure if the OP actually holds this viewpoint or not, but it is at least a prevalent stereotype that merits addressing. My experience talking to fellow pilots isn't scientific or statistically final, but it is fairly broad and consistent over time. What I've seen is that there isn't much difference across the mil/civ background demographics WRT most issues. If anything, lots of the more vocal of the "hawks" come from the mil side.
It may take some of them an extra year or so to adjust to the particulars of the industry of course, but even that is mitigated by the research (formal and tribal) that everyone does in their journey to get to the point of getting on with a "major" anyway. That doesn't just apply to SCOPE issues either. Former mil pilots seem to be just as motivated to learn the contract and seek remedies for when its limits are exceeded, as well as to pressure the union to negotiate for better limits going forward.
In any case, there's way too much heavy lifting to do for us to attempt to rely on one background or the other, even if the stereotypes were true (which I dispute based on experience anyway).
The huge effort on educating the pilot group about the intricacies of Scope and ME3/etc lately are absolutely aimed squarely at everyone, not just the mil side, because both sides benefit from the knowledge. Work rules are the exact same thing. They effect everyone, regardless of one's background.