Originally Posted by
A10crewdawg
Greetings,
Currently flying for a regional and in the reserves as a crew chief. Interviewed last year with a unit and was hired as an alternate. Looking to get on with either that unit this year or any others you may know of that are in need of good candidates. Have my bachelor's in aviation, master's in aviation safety and am working on my MBA. Any info is greatly appreciated.
"Ugly but well hung"
Always be positive and give it your best shot. On the flipside I will say that currently most units have their hands full with very qualified app's. There are numerous guys coming off active duty now that are current 4 ship flight lead's/mission commanders/IP's in their respective airframe. I at least know this to be pretty common in the guard/reserve fighter community. Less and less cockpits are available for fighters as more and more guard/reserve units either shut their doors from the BRAC or are switching over to UAV's.
My unit will NOT hire a guy off the street and send him to UPT. I've heard other units are very similiar. Why send a guy to UPT where he might wash out and will take 3 years to get fully spun up when you can get a senior captain off active duty who takes no rides to spin up and can start leading flights the next day? Just food for thought. I don't mean to be a d*ck - just repeating data I've heard from multiple sources.
Best of luck, the guard/reserve is a great place to be.