Gents,

I have a feeling there will soon be quite a few guys in my same boat, so I wanted to pose this question to those who have recently made the jump to the airlines. With the Air Force now requiring ADSCs for any re-qualification or formal upgrade training, I will be separating next year without attaining IP in the C-17 (previous RPA IP).

How competitive would someone be for any of the legacy, Fed Ex, or SWA with only about 2,000 hrs total time with 1,700 of that being C-17 and somewhere between 800-1,000 C-17 PIC? Already have ATP complete. No SAFSO, DO, or any of that experience, just the standard flt/cc and shop chief jobs.

I'm thinking I may have to do a touch and go at a regional to get some 121 time to make myself more competitive, but I do recall seeing a spreadsheet with United airlines hiring data from a few years ago and one of their new hires was a mil guy who had barely over 1,500 hours.

Any info would be appreciated for myself and several bros who will be in the same situation.