Originally Posted by
Chauderon
To be brutally honest, if you've been in the RAF 7 years; you've taken the training and haven't given back yet. There is probably more you could get from it, as well. The RAF treated me better than one of the airlines you have asked about above, by the way.
They’ll have had seven years of constant holds and being totally mucked about to now perhaps be ready to do a real front line tour. In their 30s, the mess life has worn off, and despite the investment and sacrifices, are making less than a day 1 FO at any of the above discussed carriers.
Drag out military flying for another decade to get 1500 hours and maybe an ATPL on the side and still only half way to a commercial command. One that 20 somethings fly about with having done only five years of flying.
Different worlds, but once it’s set in stone the airline path is for you it just needs to be done, every year remaining in the military is a year spent not as a top scale training captain down the line.