Originally Posted by
blastoff
Since much of the airline pilot profession, especially Legacies, is dominated by ex-military guys, some would consider it sacrilege to force a new-hire to go from F-15 to a Beech 1900.
OK, how did the mil guys affect the legacys? The number of mil guys will continue to decrease as the mil gets smaller and they will be replaced by civilian.
In "The Airline Pilots" by Hopkins, the early days, 1930's or so, are discussed about the lack of mil guys. Mil avaition was small for many years. Have the majors changed because of the mil guys? WWII and Viet Nam pushed huge numbers of mil to the airlines but what is the affect?
I understand the part about some of the mil egos. A few times I was amazed the plane could fly with with the huge ego "load" of my copilot.
Should the 121 world be all civilain? Not looking for flame but trying to see where this is going.
No, I will not be upset to be FO to my much younger CA. I am lucky to find a job.