Originally Posted by
webecheck
if all youve got is se time youll be just like the rest of us viper pilots. i dont think se is a big deal and ive got a few years before i throw the apps in so who knows for sure. from what ive heard its the sheer fact that youre a mil aviator that gets you hired. besides, where i went to pilot training (generally speaking here, not trying to offend anyone) the best got the f-16/f-15, the mediocre got the b-1s, the worst got b-52. so if multi engine exp is what they want, it comes with a caveat huh. i wonder if the airlines know this.
HR depts look at a military pilot pretty uniformly. You got through a demanding program. You get the x. Think T-6 will be looked at same way by HR depts as they end up being the mainstay of Mil training.
Sure, generally speaking, great sticks get fighters, but we all know the mantra: Service needs, your abilities, your desires. HR knows this also.
If USAF needs a bunch of Tanker pilots, guess what, the majority of a class is going tankers. If they need a bunch of fighters, well, the next classes coming up will get those. Supply and demand. With USAF fighter getting clobbered, by default many great sticks will not be in fighters. HR knows this as well. In the Navy and Marines, lots of super sticks did very well at the USS Boat and were given EA-6B's for their skill. Sorry, the guy with the lower average gets the Hornet. In the Marines, the best sticks often got the Harrier, (or EA-6 if super boat grades on top of that) not the Hornet they desired. Needs of the service.