Originally Posted by
dr dre
I have a question regarding that. It sounds great in theory, have taxpayer funded training then walk out into a highly paid civilian job after a short obligation, but does it actually work out in practice?
I was under the impression most military pilots only flew a couple of hundred hours per year. So whilst they may meet the minimums for some airline FO jobs with those flying hours they wouldn’t meet ATPL requirements, and they’d be at a disadvantage to civilian pilots who could potentially rack up 2500ish hours in three years of full time flying. So while only being forced to stay in the Air Force for 3 years for female pilots does sound great are they exiting into similar civilian jobs as their counterparts who stayed for the full 10 years are?
Genuinely interested to know
2500 hours of bug smashing doesn't equate to the same type of flying military does. I have mates who aren't much above airline minimums that have walked into direct entry FO jobs at major carriers in Australia after flying with the military. I also have mates in the military that couldn't get a gig. Suspect it more relates to the person, not the hours in the book.