Originally Posted by
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Thousands of pilots have left regionals in less then a year and moved on. Often MIL pilots don't even complete six months.
Are these job jumpers screwing themselves by taking advantage of a better opportunities?
The MIL pilots likely not. Most of them are moving on to their final employer in any event. But they are and have always been a special case, especially the non current retirees who flew a desk th3ir last tour or two and needed to get recurrent.
But the rest? Yeah, oftentimes they are. That doesn't mean that many of them won’t make it to their career destination eventually anyway, but leaving while on probation is seldom a positive for career advancement - unless like the MIL guys your next jump IS your last.