Am I crazy for wanting to go to the Army??
08-08-2018, 07:28 AM
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Am I crazy for wanting to go to the Army??
Hi guys, Im currently an FO at a regional. Im seriously thinking about taking a LOA to go to the army to fly helo's.
Is this a bad idea????
I know all the army guys leave the army for the airlines but I just think I would be a great experience and not as boring as fling from MIA to CLE.
Is this a bad idea????
I know all the army guys leave the army for the airlines but I just think I would be a great experience and not as boring as fling from MIA to CLE.
08-08-2018, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Fastest145
Hi guys, Im currently an FO at a regional. Im seriously thinking about taking a LOA to go to the army to fly helo's.
Is this a bad idea????
I know all the army guys leave the army for the airlines but I just think I would be a great experience and not as boring as fling from MIA to CLE.
Is this a bad idea????
I know all the army guys leave the army for the airlines but I just think I would be a great experience and not as boring as fling from MIA to CLE.
08-08-2018, 08:16 AM
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If you’re young enough to get into the military you’d have a long airline career. Each additional year at the end of a major airline career is worth approx $600,000. Exactly how bored are you? $600,000? $1.2 million? $1.8 million? $2.4 million?
If anything I’d try to get a major job and then leave.
If anything I’d try to get a major job and then leave.
08-08-2018, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Sliceback
If you’re young enough to get into the military you’d have a long airline career. Each additional year at the end of a major airline career is worth approx $600,000. Exactly how bored are you? $600,000? $1.2 million? $1.8 million? $2.4 million?
If anything I’d try to get a major job and then leave.
If anything I’d try to get a major job and then leave.
08-08-2018, 11:03 AM
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If age and timing work, get a major job first.
USERRA will allow you to perform initial military training and all incurred AD obligations and still return with seniority intact (as though you never left). This applies to either guard/reserve or regular AD, ie you could join AD do ten plus years, and come back as though you had never left seniority and pay wise. Obviously better to be at a major than a regional in that case.
USERRA will allow you to perform initial military training and all incurred AD obligations and still return with seniority intact (as though you never left). This applies to either guard/reserve or regular AD, ie you could join AD do ten plus years, and come back as though you had never left seniority and pay wise. Obviously better to be at a major than a regional in that case.
08-08-2018, 01:16 PM
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Take the hitch. There's more to life than money. Believe it or not, there was a time when metrics of success included other things besides the bank account.
If you want to fly helicopters, then go Army. If you want to fly as a military aviator (rotary-wing aside) then fly AFR.
Cheers,
G
If you want to fly helicopters, then go Army. If you want to fly as a military aviator (rotary-wing aside) then fly AFR.
Cheers,
G
08-08-2018, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Gundriver64
Take the hitch. There's more to life than money. Believe it or not, there was a time when metrics of success included other things besides the bank account.
If you want to fly helicopters, then go Army. If you want to fly as a military aviator (rotary-wing aside) then fly AFR.
Cheers,
G
If you want to fly helicopters, then go Army. If you want to fly as a military aviator (rotary-wing aside) then fly AFR.
Cheers,
G
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