As the fella who started a similar thread a few weeks ago I find it amusing to see this topic being bandied around again. My point then was about ATTITUDE. I have done more than my fair share of mundane flying with guys from ALL backgrounds whose resumes were often incredibly impressive. As always the good ones were good, and the gash ones were gash and made all the silly mistakes. It didnt seem to matter where they came from.
I hope this guy manages ok but if he thinks that there will be balloons witing for him then he is sadly mistaken. His problem will be the insurance companies who dont give a toss about your background if your numbers dont crunch.
I must say I find it interesting to find such unity among the ex mils... believe me no matter where you got your wings you have been at the butt of derision from other ex mil guys... In my years in crew rooms no one has escaped...
And finally to the guy who slagged of us R22 instructors.. I challenge you to teach touchdown autos all day for a year with un selected, uneducated tossers where everytime you closed the throttle your job, your company and your parents mortgage was on the line. I didnt knock your experience please dont knock mine.