Originally Posted by
Aero1900
I'd takes an ATP CFI over a helicopter pilot.
At my old airline I used to do interviews and every ATP instructor I interviewed was very sharp and competent. Helicopter pilots are known to be single pilot cowboys. At least ATP guys are trained from the ground up to be CRM focused airline pilots.
This reads like someone who has no idea of what military helicopter pilots are like and the rigors, training, discipline, CRM, etc. required to operate in the military environment. That may be true about some civilian helicopter dudes, but that’s far from reality when it comes to mil rotorheads.