Originally Posted by
nickbvt82
Nice ... all mil pilots have served as officers in their respective service and have experience that general aviation cannot ever give in leadership, adaptability, and have the ability to learn new things quickly. yes we are happy to be hired but to say we blindly follow orders is a fallacy.
the most vocal anti union pilots i have met are prior military ( and i work for a non union shop) i think the point was that there are plenty of 20 year officers who get out and still have the mentality that they are supposed to do what mgmnt says and that unions are bad ( i can think of a few i know personally who feel this way, 1 of whom recently got hired by AA) i think there is a better argument prior mil guys work against the interest of a union vs flow through. this person was replying to a dumb comment saying flow throughs work against the interest of a union.
aslo being an airline captain for a regional certanly gives some invaluable experience in leadership and dealing with challenging situations. never been in the military but ive held numerous leadership roles both in and out of aviation. military avaition is demanding and produces great skill sets like the ones you mentioned in pilots, but saying that is exclusive to military pilots is a fallacy