Good god man this is the best hiring environment probably ever for airlines in this country. Pay isnt great.... define great.... the reality is sky... you just didnt have it... and the life took shots at you... and didnt hand it to you... boo freaking hoo.... There are 30 year old CAs at my company this year who will make well north of 200k this year... with no OT...... pfft.. the naysayer still boo hoo(ing) good lord...

The E-6B is the Navy version of the 707 with CFM engines. VQ squadrons, mostly submarine command and control.

This story so far reeks of being "separated" from active duty without much chance of getting into the reserves.....:eek:

That’s exactly what I was thinking.

To the OP, you’ll need 1500 hours for the ATP to fly for a regional, stay in, get the time.

GF

Can he/she not get on with a restricted ATP?

He can get the mil R-ATP with 750.

Be advised, if there is an adverse separation, most regionals won't care as long as you have an honorable (or maybe even a general), but the best majors will care a lot, and will recognize an unusual mil timeline or DD214 separation code. The AA wholly-owned regionals with flow might be the way to go, if you get in under the wire there.

I too old to think in R-ATP terms :D

GF

I've been gone a bit - sorry!

I couldn't air refuel which is why I'm getting out. I could fly the plane just fine for everything else. Expecting an honorable discharge. Not an adverse DD214 code. I figure my mil timeline will put me at a disadvantage for majors.

To put the thread back towards my question - IF I am able to get with a regional, I understand my goal is to upgrade to captain and get that TPIC. Besides getting TPIC, what else can I do? Are there leadership opportunities I can pursue that don't take me out of the cockpit?

Well don't say that in your interview.....

"I split with active duty due to irreconcilable differences."

Regionals might not care now due to desperation, but any major hiring board is going to look at that with serious curiosity. Go get as many checkrides as possible between your military career and your major airline interview.

You'll have no trouble with most regionals, AA regionals with flow *might* scrutinize you a bit more carefully.

If you get to keep your mil wings, then some quality time at the regionals should fix you up just fine, and you should still catch the peak of the hiring wave. If they pulled your wings it will be a little tougher, just due to perceptions.

Plan on upgrading at a regional, and try to get a check airman slot. Best way to do that is to get into the training dept ASAP as an FO (you'll want to have a clean training record at that airline too). Once in the training dept, you're known to management and will have an obvious advantage when applying for check airman and sim jobs. Regionals now tend to use FO's for ground instructors, so if you wait until you upgrade you won't have an obvious way to break into the training dept.

Other ways to stand out are to volunteer for test programs (software, etc), volunteer for union jobs or things like HIMS, run for union leadership jobs. Anything above and beyond just flying the line. You can also of course volunteer outside of the company... leadership is better of course (ie BoD for the nonprofit vice ladling soup once a week).

Expect to be at a regional 3-4 years, not 10+.