Originally Posted by
blastoff
Your situation is exactly NOT what he's talking about.
When people talk about difficulty with a 9-5 job, its about employers with no association with the Government or Military. Compared to Airlines, such employers are far less flexible. Getting Mil leave has been streamlined to a rubber stamp at most airlines with the number of pilots on Mil Leave at any given time.
Dude, I get what you're saying. As a flying reservist with a great situation, I'm very lucky. But I also think before dissing(not saying you are specifically) the non gov't or non military affiliated companies for not being 'flexible" to a reservist we might consider their business model. The avg reservist does 2 weeks/weekend a month..not a huge impact to a company in the grand scheme. Add 72 drills and 20-30 more days of ADT/man days and thats a different ball of wax for them to have to figure into their model. All I was saying is it can be done with the right fit/company/job.