Originally Posted by
wiltshireman
Why the concentration on the Junior Service? There is another operator of fast jets - namely the Fleet Air Arm. In my own experience, airlines much prefer ex-Navy as their thinking is not so rigid and formalised.
Numbers dear boy, numbers. The FAA is tiny compared to the RAF and the fixed wing component miniscule. Plus RN fixed wing aircrew are trained by the RAF and operate to the exact same "rigid and formalised" procedures in Joint Force Lightning.
Anyway, this thread is about aircrew going the opposite way, from the airlines to the military. Don't think there is going to be a need for additional aircrew in the airlines for a very long time.