Many military guys have worked for different civilian companies and have either had a !!!! know it all attitude or have actually been !!!! engineers. Being from the military will usually hinder you more than help. There is a big perception that if a military aircraft has a defect, there is no quick rush to fix it, where in civy street there is quite often no spare and it needs to fly to make money. Even though there is a large number of ex military guys in civy street, they tend to be guys who got out along time ago. A lot of companies will look at ex military guys these days as !!!! and you have to prove your the 1 guy who isn't.
I got out of the military and have experienced all the above. I also know a number of guys who haven't made it as well. Now that I have made it to becoming a LAME, I will remove the military background from my resume when applying for jobs in the future.
Last edited by Kev85; 20th June 2012 at 00:57.