Originally Posted by
LivingInMEM
What difference does that make? After 10 years of flying, I can see no benefit for having had a bunch of landings 8 years ago. As a matter of fact, I am pretty sure that all those landings won't mean much when compared to any MWS IP - whether you are trying to go civilian or further militarily.
You picked perhaps the least important thing out of my sentence. Sure landings and approaches of the past are history. The reality is, being a UPT instructor is highly desired. Airlines (in the past) used to count the time more (a factor was used).
You get to log IP PIC time straight out of UPT while everyone else is doing the SIC gig while trying to avoid the dreaded "other" time. After FAIP life, when you finally get to your MWS, you don't spend two or three years playing gear Biotch. Thus, after your commitment, you have around 1500 more hours of PIC and IP time than the average USAF bubba.
Does that make it clear?
Every FAIP I've known (in my peer group) were hired and flying in the airlines before the rest of us.
-Fatty