Advice for those who join us........
Firstly, welcome!
Secondly, when it's your sector, the PICUS is really PICUS, but please, please, remember that that is an opportunity to exhibit good CRM, too. Not an exercise in territorial pissing. If I listen to another 'older than me' DEP make some unilateral decision before my aghast jaw hits the floor, I'll start to get a reputation for being grumpy. There are a small minority of hard jawed ex-mil oldies who really get uptight that they're sitting next to a younger, more senior oik and their poor team skills attest to that.
My opinions are not propoganda or prejudice, I have now had the honour of flying with every ex-mil DEP on my fleet and nearly half are letting their jealousies affect the opinion others have of them.
You may ask "Perhaps Capt CEP is the sort that attracts such behaviour?"
I respond.
All my friends who are also Capts on the fleet feel the same.
All (bar one) of the co-pilots who do not have a military background do not act this way. Why's that?
Finally, If you do join, regardless of background, after the age of 35, you will end up an embittered whinger just like the rest of those who had too many years when they joined. Trust me. You will.