Originally Posted by N261ND
(Post 1252384)
Just because I don't think certain military pilots should be given preferential hiring doesn't mean I don't respect those who serve.
I recently had a Delta captain (ex-Marine pilot) tell me he didn't know what an ILS was when he was hired at Delta. This $hit has got to stop. So, I'm totally with ya man, they don't deserve it. |
Originally Posted by coryk
(Post 1252374)
Everyone wants to fly for SWA or FedEx.
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Originally Posted by lolwut
(Post 1252387)
I flew with a military pilot that went on and on about "going to the academy"... I'm sitting there thinking "yeah you and every other pilot around here, you think you're so special with your $100k flight training... well let me tell you something, anyone who went to some fancy aviation school, they just act like pricks afterwards"
So, I'm totally with ya man, they don't deserve it. http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/...48/742/d62.gif |
Originally Posted by lolwut
(Post 1252387)
I flew with a military pilot that went on and on about "going to the academy"... I'm sitting there thinking "yeah you and every other pilot around here, you think you're so special with your $100k flight training... well let me tell you something, anyone who went to some fancy aviation school, they just act like pricks afterwards"
So, I'm totally with ya man, they don't deserve it. |
Originally Posted by ARL120384
(Post 1252310)
5,000 hours in the right seat at a regional must be worth something.....
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Thank god for UAVs, they'll have this military pilot thing fixed up soon.
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Originally Posted by 501D22G
(Post 1252389)
Fixed. |
I would! But not everyone's cup of tea. :D |
Originally Posted by N261ND
(Post 1252384)
Just because I don't think certain military pilots should be given preferential hiring doesn't mean I don't respect those who serve.
I recently had a Delta captain (ex-Marine pilot) tell me he didn't know what an ILS was when he was hired at Delta. This $hit has got to stop. It is said somewhat tongue in cheek. Naval Tactical aviation didn't shoot ILSs back in this guy's day. So what....he probably flew ACLSs which is practically the same thing. I'm betting that by the time he finished his first sim session that he was just fine. I hadn't seen an ILS, VOR, or NDB in nearly 20 years too and somehow I made it through training. The military has produced, and will continue to produce, good and great pilots. They have operated aircraft in all climes and conditions and throughout much of the envelope. Basic piloting skills are usually pretty good. The airlines like this standard of training. I'm not sure there is necessarily any 'preferential' hiring like you are imagining. They go through the same interview process that the civilians do correct? If I remember the demographics correctly - the percentage of military pilots in the airlines has generally been shrinking has it not? I'm sure some internet warrior can come up with a graph for that stat. Ah darn....I thought someone was really that ill-informed but I got intel that it was an insider joke. Sorry I missed it! USMCFLYR |
Originally Posted by coryk
(Post 1252374)
I don't get it? MOST of the airlines don't have a TPIC requirement.
Originally Posted by coryk
(Post 1252374)
The one's that do, SWA and FedEx probably won't ever get ride of it, that's fine. Not everyone wants to fly for SWA or FedEx.
I think the majority of the people out there would rather go to the DAL/UAL/USA/AA/B6/etcetc than the above. But that's fine, DON'T apply to FX or SWA and stay the hell out of the way of those that do want to work there.
Originally Posted by N261ND
(Post 1252383)
What??? You just completely contradicted yourself.
Originally Posted by N261ND
(Post 1252384)
Just because I don't think certain military pilots should be given preferential hiring doesn't mean I don't respect those who serve.
Originally Posted by N261ND
(Post 1252384)
I recently had a Delta captain (ex-Marine pilot) tell me he didn't know what an ILS was when he was hired at Delta. This $hit has got to stop.
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I can see two sides to that military pilot paying their dues thing. We are all thankful for what they have done and feel like they have paid their dues....... to their COUNTRY.
So if I worked as a Dr. for many years and saved lots of lives and dedicated my time to medicine and such (paying my dues) would I have preferential hiring at an airline? I paid my dues to something. Doesn't make me a better pilot than anyone else though. I don't think it has anything to do with paying your dues so much as a traditional bortherhood of buddies helping buddies with that ole fraternity-free masons kind of treatment. It's a loophole to the usual hiring process. I can see how guys working very hard to try and reach their goals to only be ignored due to this culture of hiring might be annoyed and frustrated. I can also see why an airline would acknowledge that someone who could serve their country with such courage would bring a lot more to their company than just flying skills. |
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