Originally Posted by
dutch
It is pretty easy to see who flies what through response. I am certain that if I am offered the fighter I will take it.
My concern is just game planning for the future for when the seasoning days run out. I am not one of these dillusional guard babies who thinks they will get a technician slot after those days end.
Apparently, in the C-130 world, I should get plenty of opprotunites to bum on trips around the country and in the theater. In the fighter, I would be out on my own w/ low time (maybe 800 hours).
You can find a regional job after you are all checked out in a fighter. It's not so competitive out there that there won't be immediate jobs with the regionals for you.
BTW, I'm a former heavy equipment operator; KC-135, T-38 IP (not so heavy), RC-135.