Butthurt (formerly Baffled)
 

I am sitting in a hotel having a crappy dinner at the Marriott. I meet a fellow pilot and ask him if he is here for The FedEx interview. He looks at me and says yes . I then find out that he is ex-Military, I believe Air Force and has never flown anything larger than a KIng Air. I am thinking this B.S. I have five type ratings with 121 pic and two check airman qualifications and a letter of rec. and can't get a call!!

Waaaaaaa. Such is life. We could have all gone the military way yet we didn’t. We can start an argument about who is more qualified: a mil guy dropping bombs in Iraq, or someone like myself (like lots of others out there) with many types, thousands of 121 hours, and more approaches into the NY metro area than one can count.

However, it won’t change anything. It is what it is. Its not even the fact they are veterans, because honestly, screw the people that play that card. I am a veteran (non aviation) and have never used that to gain anything major in life other than a 10% off here or there. And to be fair, I don’t think the vast majority of mil guys that are hired at the majors do so either. If the finger has to be pointed somewhere, it should be at the people that do the hiring.

As a side note there is a whole other extreme opposite. I’ve personally know of a 24 year old Delta new hire. RJ guy, 0 TPIC, no fancy college, dad was not VP of flight ops. Just right timing. So it goes both ways.

In the end it’s all a lottery. Keep playing, keep a good attitude, and you will get the call. You should also befriend that guy interviewing..you never know....

I bet as the younger millenials move into higher corporate positions and/or are more involved in the hiring of pilots, you'll see less of the military fetish and more of hiring based on your relevant accomplishments, skills(ets), and merits.

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Cool story.

Let’s hope so. I don’t know why we worship the military in this country.

It’s frustrating Bucknut, I know. Just keep working towards you’re goal, and do what’s in your power to be competitive. You will get called, just don’t give up.

Because your pansy butt would never defend this country...

Bingo.....

It hasn’t needed defending since ww2.