Originally Posted by
khergan
You're grasping at straws, bud. I pushed back against the implication that somehow mil guys aren't equally qualified as RJ people or 135 or people or really...anyone.
Basic people skills have nothing to do with military or non-military. Conflating what happens at a 121 with some enormously challenging skillset is silly. A military person can learn to work well with ops, the ramp, the FAs and the CSR the same way that a C-172 pilot does it when they get their first commuter job.
There are military guys with awful people skills who don't do well and there are civilian pilots with awful people skills who don't do well. I haven't met and don't know a single mil guy who had this huge struggle coming to an airline.
"And I am not saying military people are worse" (reading skills).
When starting at a legacy RJ drivers are more qualified than military. Because they have relevant experience. Basic fact. Do military pilots have superior handling skills? Yeah, for upset recovery, for everything else less difference. Biggest plus with military is they are a known quality. Much harder to hide flying deficiency in the military. I thank you for your service. I have a lot of respect for the job and sacrifice. But it is a different job with a different skill set. I was military ATC, pilot now for almost 3 decades, think I have enough experience to have a valid opinion.