Originally Posted by Flare

Hey all,

Long time lurker on the board, 1st time poster. Still about 3-5 years from joining the industry, but I'd like your opinions on an issue for me.

My background: military, in my 2nd of 3 tours. By the time I finish this one, I'll have about 1100 hours of T-37 time and 800 hours in the F-16 (my current assignment). Plans for the next tour is back to a training job (T-6/T-38/F-16) then transition to the reserves while I try to get on with a major (too far away from trying to decide where I want to go now).

My question: when it comes time for me to interview in a few years, as far as my next assignment goes, do you think a hiring board will look more favorably upon my flying a T-38 and getting 1000hrs more multi time vs either flying the Viper and getting more single-engine jet time there or even the T-6 and having that last thousand hours be in a single-engine turboprop? I ask because I really enjoyed my 1st assignment in the Tweet teaching primary and I'd like to be able to fly the Texan as my next assignment, but if it's going to come at the cost of my follow-on civilian career, then I'd definately take the Viper or even the -38 if that's what would help me most.

I understand that's its difficult to know what the industry is going to be like in 3-5 months, much less 3-5 years, and I won't hold anyone accountable for their response a few years down the road...

Thanks in advance!