Originally Posted by
shavetail
Several airline applications ask if applicants have been a Chief Pilot. Is the Chief Pilot position credited to only previous civilian experience or is there a direct link that is considered Chief Pilot in the AF without holding the specific “Chief Pilot” designation (For example: SQ/CC, DO, Chief of Stan/EVAL, OG/OGV Branch Chief).
There may be risks either way: The alternative is to not click the Chief Pilot box and the AF positions on employment history/resume speak for themselves since the Major Airlines understand these significant AF positions. However, clicking the Chief Pilot box highlights significant experience and may trigger an application review, but at the same time, could be an application killer if the hiring department defines Chief Pilot differently from the applicant.
The airlines know what the military equivalents are, and most will look for that, and grant appropriate credit.
I have never heard of mil folks claiming to have been a "Chief Pilot" in the mil. I wouldn't go there.
If applying to an airline which doesn't see a lot of mil, you could explain it at the interview, but like I said all the big airlines are intimately familiar with military career progression... it's not like the white collar world where you have to try to "translate" your mil experience into civilian.
Originally Posted by
shavetail
Is there an FAA regulation that defines what military flying position is equivalent to Chief Pilot?
No.
The FARs do describe "Chief Pilot" in the context of various operating regs (121, 135, 141, etc), and you didn't do any of that.