Originally Posted by
FXLAX
I don’t know about the Air Force, or any military service pilots. Cargo probably fits culturally closer to military pilots compared to passenger flying. But I spent a dozen years at the regionals and the whole time I was there (and speaking with contemporaries at several other regionals), cargo came up about 10% of the time as the top tier of places to work.
Just wait, in a few years, the pilot shortage will hit cargo before it hits any passenger airline.
During my decade at the regionals few of my co-workers were trying to get on at a major cargo carrier. I think this was only because our network was largely other passenger pilots who went on to fly at legacy pax airlines. I made the jump to cargo and haven’t looked back since.