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Old 01-08-2020, 06:12 PM
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Default So it’s an odd pathway but
Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
Good time to do it. I've seen multiple USN helo people in the reserves spend 12-18 months at a regional and then off to the majors. The "pilot shortage" hasn't hit full bore yet, but there's a noticeable shortage at the regional entry level, and also of winged mil aviators for the majors. The legacies don't seem to want to "dilute" their culture with too many civilians, so they're grabbing as many mil as they can.


Concur. As a single data point supporting this post, I had an AH-1 pilot in my legacy Indoc class who had done a mere 11 months and <800 hours at a regional before he got picked up by the legacy carrier. This was after he had been out of the cockpit for a few years. Totally doable.


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