Originally Posted by
krismiler
That’s if you actually get to collect the airline pension, as numerous American, United and US Airways Pilots discovered to their cost.
If you could avoid the desk job and stay operational on tankers, transports or bombers it still looks an attractive option.
I have been out for a long time, but staying in the cockpit was not an option nor a path to promotion in the Air Force. Pilots did not typically jump from one command to another. If you started in B-52’s, you probably retired from SAC, as an example.