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Originally Posted by Liketoflyjets (Post 2940922)

Every...single...pilot...down to the last one gets between 100-200 hrs per years in the USAF...that's standard.

Not always true. Especially in a fighter unit with airspace very close.

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Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 2941075)

Yeah, if you're guard and want to be an airline pilot, you'll want build time on the civilian track in parallel... way too much opportunity for seniority progression right now, it would be frankly stupid to kick that can down the road 10-15 years. It might actually be HARD to get airline job then.

Especially if you're in a fighter squadron. The guys who stay full time take years to get the the hours. The dudes who were able to pump their TT up in the regionals, were getting calls early in the hiring wave, even when they had low military hours and were not even IPs.