Yep, flying in a 4-ship formation does consitute flying with somebody in my book so I have to ditto Knight, JC, and Albeif and won't re-attack. I too am one of "those fighter guys" but have now also lived the part of a regional guy for a brief period before they went under after 9/11 and I got hired by FedEx.

I can say that I learned alot during my 8 months at Midway and it was a great experience and introduction to 121 flying.

Midway was mostly civilian -- most of my peers had 5, 6, or even 8000 hrs and were in their late 20's, early 30's. I had 2500 hrs but most of that was at the speed of stink. I met some incredible guys who I flew with who were furloughed or fired from Eastern, Braniff, or other unmentionables, etc.... some stories that make you cry and others that would make you laugh until you cry. I met guys that started flying commercially by "bombing" central American jungles with neutered fruit flies or worked their way up with CFI, CFII, charters, etc.... I learned ALOT from flying with these guys and I am grateful for the experience.

I would recommend anyone I FLEW WITH at Midway with only one or two exceptions. Same goes for my fighter squadrons. BTW, there are a few WSO's with civilian ratings who I would recommend ahead (SIC) of some of my USAF radiator grill buddies.