Originally Posted by
bscott58d
Many of us (me included could for sure) could have more solid IFR skills, but I’d be hard pressed to be against us flying anything like a tractor or not having a grasp of SOPs/aeronautics. combine that with our training in CRM and emergency procedures and you begin to under stand why the we have branch mottos like “above the best”
I think as a whole military aviators have skill sets civilians do not and to a degree vise versa.
I’ve flown with military aviators that were great pilots and those that weren’t. I’ve flown with civilian pilots that were great pilots and those that weren’t. There are good pilots and bad pilots. In the military and in the civilian world. Just like there are good doctors and bad doctors. It is what it is. I don’t think one path or the other better prepares one for 121 jet ops. It is what you make of it.