Former Army Rotor Pilots at the Regionals

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From those in training departments or those out on the line, how are the influx of former Army Helicopter pilots working out in the airline world?

Good? Bad? Same as everyone else?
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Quote: From those in training departments or those out on the line, how are the influx of former Army Helicopter pilots working out in the airline world?

Good? Bad? Same as everyone else?
Everyone is different, but I'd say looking from a broad view, they are excellent at getting down procedures, call outs, flows, etc. Most are decent with the box. The challenge for them is the actual flying, i.e. landings. Which should be no surprise. Takes awhile to adjust from the rotor world to a high performance jet. Overall, I think the RTP program has been a success.
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Essentially all mil pilots are just fine at the regionals...unless for some reason they can't check the attitude at the door.
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Quote: Essentially all mil pilots are just fine at the regionals...unless for some reason they can't check the attitude at the door.
Ha!!

Me (Army) and my Navy brethren are fingering the prima donnas in the Air Force

P.S. Sorry AF dudes; I am halfway through two fingers of rye whiskey (I'm a light weight)
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Quote: Ha!!

Me (Army) and my Navy brethren are fingering the prima donnas in the Air Force

P.S. Sorry AF dudes; I am halfway through two fingers of rye whiskey (I'm a light weight)
I wasn't going to say it...
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Quote: Everyone is different, but I'd say looking from a broad view, they are excellent at getting down procedures, call outs, flows, etc. Most are decent with the box. The challenge for them is the actual flying, i.e. landings. Which should be no surprise. Takes awhile to adjust from the rotor world to a high performance jet. Overall, I think the RTP program has been a success.
This 100%. All have been great students but most(not all) struggle at least a little bit stick and rudder wise and also a little bit with the speed at which things happen in the terminal area during departure and more so arrival. Putting everything together like radio work/configuration/situational awareness has been a little slow to develop.

Again, all have been great students. I expect after a few hundred hours 99.9% of them will be great additions to whatever airline they are at.
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Hey guys, a lot of us Army rotor dudes got together on facebook and decided it would be prudent to put together a website/forum specifically for us. It launched yesterday. We'd love if you guys who have made the jump could post up in there and offer any advice you've got (maybe tips on how to succeed and not be *that* guy), and for those about to make the leap, there's plenty of places you can contribute as well. We want it to be a single-point resource for RTP, regardless of intended airline.
https://www.helicopterstoairlines.org/

Thanks and good luck with the transition.
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I was at a supplemental airline.

They LOVED mil...any graduate of any mil flight school. Their FO and Capt pass rate for Mil was 100%.
The pass rate for civilians was 95+%, at that time.

Trans States was a regional that, early on, recognized that helo pilots would do really well at the regionals, vs. airlines like Eagle that didn't want them, until they flew FW professionally somewhere else...
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Quote: I was at a supplemental airline.

They LOVED mil...any graduate of any mil flight school. Their FO and Capt pass rate for Mil was 100%.
The pass rate for civilians was 95+%, at that time.

Trans States was a regional that, early on, recognized that helo pilots would do really well at the regionals, vs. airlines like Eagle that didn't want them, until they flew FW professionally somewhere else...
Funny, it was envoy that was the first regional to offer the RTP course the helo guys.
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Quote: Hey guys, a lot of us Army rotor dudes got together on facebook and decided it would be prudent to put together a website/forum specifically for us. It launched yesterday. We'd love if you guys who have made the jump could post up in there and offer any advice you've got (maybe tips on how to succeed and not be *that* guy), and for those about to make the leap, there's plenty of places you can contribute as well. We want it to be a single-point resource for RTP, regardless of intended airline.
https://www.helicopterstoairlines.org/

Thanks and good luck with the transition.
APTAP 20 some-odd years ago.
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