There are plenty of FJ guys in the airlines, however, most are there after having built up a number of years' worth of operational flying rather than a few hundred training hours.
Lots of guys leave the forces every year for the airlines, and most of them earn considerably higher salaries when they do. However, PAM is no longer subsidising their living costs, nor do they have the degree of job security had they stayed in.
When times are good, they look like the cat who got the cream, but when it all goes tits up (and it does on a regular basis), they are generally left kicking themselves hard and not looking quite so smug and self-satisfied.
If they really want to do it, wait until they have the requisite experience to bypass all the JAR licencing nonsense and save a bloody fortune in the meantime. No point adding to all that FJ debt having p***ed all your pay away on electrical goods, flash cars, loose women and beer.
