Originally Posted by
sonicbum
No, that is not what I have written in my earlier post. I have written that it is unlikely that a pilot will be able to relocate in another business whilst maintaining the same socio-economical position he had in his former role, unless of course he had some previous background studies in college, university and so on.
An Army Officer gets a chance to learn many different skills during his career that he can easily "resell" outside his current role, such as - for example - IT skills, security, intelligence, weapons knowledge, etc..
An airline pilot has many valuable skills, but most of them are strictly related to flying an aircraft and what is immediately surrounding it, ie. ops control / flight planning, rostering.
Can't really see how that could be applicable in another sector.
I would argue that, increasingly, the 'soft' skills such as CRM, Workload Management, etc etc are what really make a good pilot, and these are skills which other industries have actively shown that they desire / would like to incorporate and so a pilot can just as easily 'resell' these as an army officer. I agree getting a job with the same pay grade in todays economy may be a challenge.