Originally Posted by
paulcg77
Point is, be very careful if you sincerely want a 121 career. The choices you make now will affect everything. Even if you ultimately decide to go USCG, go fixed wing because flying isn't always flying as far as the airlines are concerned. If you're flying P8's or C17's, you'll be setting yourself up for going directly to a legacy 121 carrier. If you go helos in any service it's going to be more fixed wing time building at a flight school, then regionals, then legacy, and that's IF everyone is still recognizing rotary time in a few years after the next recession occurs.
Yes. Navy is actually good because there is a good opportunity for FW assignment initially, and even if you get RW, there's a good opportunity to do a tour as a FW IP and get your mil FW numbers to a good place. Probably have to do 1-2 years at a regional after that, but might get straight to a good major. Not sure how the USCG stacks up in comparison.
If you're airline bound, you really want mil FW at some point.