Originally Posted by
Fishfreighter
This may serve to keep pilots IN the military. How many TACAIR guys have 1500 hours at the end of their commitment? That's why the airlines in the past have multiplied TACAIR time by a factor of 1.2 when hiring. If the law is a hard 1500 then there are military pilots who won't qualify. And if they have to stay beyond their initial commitment then they might as well do 20 and THEN go to the airlines.
I finished my first tour with that, with 4 years left on my commitment at the time. A LOT of Hornet guys (Navy anyway) are leaving their first sea tour with 1000+ F-18 hours, not including time spent in training, thanks to the op tempo of the last 10 years.
Originally Posted by
Jedinight
I see 2 things may happen; many will not become pilots if regional pay stays as it is. Why waste 60k or more to become a pilot when I’m only going to make 30k at a regional for x amount of years. Of course the recruiters will sell: “you will be Capt or in a Major in 3 years and making 80k plus!!” Which we all know is bull!!
Secondly, many will start and not get done. Not everyone has what it takes to teach for a year and it will be really hard to build time any other way.
Unless you buy time or buy your own Plane. Which not everyone can do and it would be a waste of money in my option.
Sooooo.... did you just get into aviation or what? This has been going on for 20 years, and 60K even 10 years ago would be a bargain compared to what most paid that were naive enough to pony up the cash.