Redeye...
Why bring up 1 Seat's background in the first place? Why make it personal? Why assume someone is an AF hired at SWA? Why call him a "Real Airline Pilot" (with unmistakable contempt.) In case you’ve forgotten, YOU started the military vs. civilian thread creep...
The only assumption I can make is that you don't feel confident enough in the logic, reason, or facts that support your position to unemotionally outline them.
Simply defend your IDEAS, that's is all I ask.
The fact that MANY airlines pilots have military experience is not relevant to your assertion(s). (BTW, I used a “35 year Capt” intentionally, thinking that a 35 year Capt would have to have started under age 25, thus no military experience. I didn’t take reserves/ANG into account, but then, they would be vets too…
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You imply that an ex-military pilot just starting a second career was/is not qualified to comment. That you had to have worked at several airlines, walked a picket line, been furloughed, etc. to comment.
You never explained why all of those are prerequisites, or why they make you more/less qualified to debate. (Even a day-one new hire can have a good idea. A 35 year Capt can have a bad one, too.)
Now back to the original topic…
Why isn’t military time/LOS counted for the list integration. If DOH/LOS is the only fair method to integrate the list, why isn’t the 10-20+ years a person spends flying in the military counted? Others have made the argument that doctors, lawyers, managers, and other professionals are given “credit” for the time/experience they gain at other jobs. They use that argument to advance the idea that the experience gained at one airlines to flow to another.
IF (note the word “IF”)
- you advocate DOH/LOS integration, and/or a national seniority list
- you believe that military service is of equal “value” to civilian experience
Then why not let the military guys benefit in the same way?