Exactly what I was thinking.

 

My military hell is flying T-6's in San Antonio.......wait, nevermind, this is great! No TACC telling me what to do AND no more seat swaps w/ 5 other dudes trying to get 5-on/5-off in the C-17. Weekends off too!

 

I think the OP is a low-time guard/reserve baby. The question is not whether he should quit mil heavies to fly at a regional, but whether he should do both part time to build hours faster.

It doesn't matter if he's the greatest mil transport pilot ever born, if he only has 450 hours and is flying ten hours/month it's going to be a long road to FDX, SWA, etc. If he's not stuck in a ten year AD obligation and the guard is not making full use of his time the regional job might not be a bad idea.

There's also 91/135, but unless you have 1000TT those jobs are few and far between. The regionals might offer the best opportunity for a low-time pilot.

But like others have said, best to lose any hint of an attitude before you interview. Interviewers are pretty good at screening them out (mil or civ). At SKW we have a variety of ex-mil pilots and some of them do interviews...you might find yourself talking to retired O-6 with 3000 fighter hours.

 

The other problem with 91/135 when you have low time is that you just don't fly that much. There are some 135 operators that stay pretty busy, but it's rare to come across anybody outside of freight that will keep you as busy as a regional will. Charter is usually feast or famine, and many 135 ops can make even the worst regional seem like the most pilot friendly workplace ever. When it comes to 91 (corporate), forget about it. Most only fly 200-300 hrs/yr.

Get your TT up, then be choosy.

 

If a low time Reserve baby, by all means take the RJ job get to 1500 hours. Use mil leave as needed to do mil flying, have some QOL. IF, big IF, there is a hiring boom, he'll be at the head of the line.

GF