What is a "military" pilot ? please guys explain to me....
Fighter, bomber ? transport, maritime patrol, tanker, basic instructor ?
Helicopter ?
Air Force, Navy, Army (and Coast Guards and Marines sometimes)
Straight from high school ? or sort of rocket scientist with advanced Engineering University degrees no civilian airline pilot will ever dream to get ? Test Pilot flying C130 Hercules as PIC in the morning and Jaguar NVG low-level the afternoon, and the same the days after with other aircraft ? (transport or fighter this pilot ?)
Having been only in charge of his aircraft, with minor ancillary duties on the ground, or with with Wing/Squadron command experience, with dozens of pilot and hundreds of ground crew under his authority, writing SOPs and checking other crew ?
Coming from a major Air Force - worldwide status, combat experience, recognised position at home - or from a completely wrecked and penniless demotivated military somewhere ?
Somebody with minimal time in a squadron because something probably happened (also looking at some countries with 5 years initial contracts, how do they manage to get advanced professionnal qualifications ?) or another one with 20+ years free of any desk positions ?
And desk positions... some of them totally out of range and conception for the average airline pilot, talking about "military pilots " with a knowledge ogf the matter not exceeding a couple of Hollywood movies ?
At least those people didn't pay for their training, and they had to pass a selection to get their wings (because, no you don't "join" the Air Force)
And fighter pilots, during their whole cursus, got used to see some others washed out as being slower... and reassigned to multicrew transport aircraft, so it does stay in mind for sure.