Originally Posted by stabapch

I KNOW for a fact that my DPE’s/FAA Examiners held me to the standards set in the PTS that lead to me earning my ratings, despite my training coming from the local FBO.

I KNOW for a fact that military pilots are held to similar standards by their examiners after their training.

In the end, regardless of training you still have to pass the same ‘checkride’.

And yes, the 121 PIC experience at some “backwater” regional flying between two cities is FAR less valuable than the guy who does 1 sortie a month in blocked airspace or the guy wasting my taxpayer money dropping bombs on innocent people in the eyes of the hiring manager at a legacy... it’s all clear to me now where I took the wrong turn in my career...

It’s funny because the airline I fly for basically has a ‘separate’ training department with additional allocated funds/resources for mil guys with no 121, so there can’t be that much cost savings...