Originally Posted by
SriAviatrix
Thanks for the kind words, and I will most likely reapply down the road. I am just in shock. I am always trying to be at the top of my game. AF Test Pilot, thousand combat hours, selected to top competitive schools during my career, etc. I am getting out because I am ready to dial it back a notch and honestly live a better life. Being a female has always made me work extra hard to keep up with my pilot brethren etc. I am just surprised to have the door slammed in my face by such a subjective, impersonal screening.
lol the first thing you have to do is learn that none of that matters at the airlines. Whether you pass an airline's screening/interview process has little to do with who you were/whatever you did in the military, so don't take it personally. At the same time, don't hold it against the company. It's a dumb process, but Delta is still a great place to work.
But seriously, nobody cares about who you were/what you did in the military, unless they are actively asking (and even that's not always the case; I sometimes pretend to be interested in whatever the left seater is droning on about because it can make a four day easier to get through). Especially if you are/were an AF O-6, you're already starting from behind thanks to the number of toolish "call me colonel" types who have graciously paved the way for you
