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Old 23rd September 2004 | 14:24
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411A
 
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Quite serious...

jayteeto,

Yes, would agree that there are various shades of blue (AF FJ guys) but have found that the majority are, quite frankly, not worth the bother, for civil airlines....with the proviso that, if the particular airline management is/has been run by prior AF guys, then birds of a feather flock together.

With most carriers this is not the case, so the FJ prima donnas just don't (as a general rule) fit in, with the few exceptions I noted above.

AF transport guys however, used to working in transport aircraft, working as a team very similar to guys in civil airlines, are much better suited to civil airline flying.

Having trained both for the RHS in two airlines, I have found that the civil and AF transport guys ...

Get along much better with other crew,
are easier and less expensive to train (ie, less sim time required),
and generally line training goes much smoother.

You might have a look at the military forum...BEagles comments are interesting as well.
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