The CF has always been a stepping stone for some pilots to continue with a career in the airlines. The system is set up to encourage it. Not everyone is expected to stay in uniform for 35 years. I think there is a 7 year obligatory service after pilot training. After that time some will leave, some will get promoted and some will stay on as line pilots. It is all part of the plan. If there is a remote interest by a 20 year old to join the CF to be a pilot then I suggest he/she goes for it. It makes no difference at all what that person thinks they will be doing at the end of the contract. It is up to the CF to retain that person's services once they are trained and doing the job. A former army CDS once told me that pilots have been and always will be a disloyal bunch...
Go for it CM6966. Join the CF. Live the dream!
I remember back when the current WComd of CYAW had big dreams of flying the hornet and possibly flying in the airlines. Pilots sometimes do grow up.
