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well then maybe you should go to the 135 board & comment there :laugh:
But I was a commuter pilot once upon a time flying the state of the art DHC-6, doesn't that give me membership on the regional board?
 
Yes good training dept can do that, but a lot of places don't have those kind of training depts and bottom feeders like us have to take what we can gt. In 17 years one mil guy has not made it through training, wash out rate on civilian about 5%, which out of 434 hired over the last 17 yeras makes it about 21 civies conpared to 1 mil back ground. Now I will say we have almost the same success with previous 121 guys as we do with mil, but the 135/91 world is a whoooooole different ball game. BTW the guys on the major board tell me F' off I am not a major pilot.

How much of this was professional courtesy? Majority of 121 instructors are former military. After flying for many years with ex military Captains, I see they are no better than those who came thru the regional ranks. But I prefer to fly with civvies. Nothing worse than a five day trip, listening to non-stop stories about a previous life from over 20 years ago. Life didn't end when you left the military. How about talking about something that happened in the last decade?
 
Where are mil pilots going straight to the left seat without getting a couple years in the right seat? That doesn't even happen at our place. BTW I think all civilian pilots would benefit from going through a military flight program, it would eliminate the weak ones.

Because FO at a major is the second highest paying position in civilian flying next to capt.

One should not be "learning on the job" while accruing seniority at a major.
Sorry-

Major 121 carriers don't fly mil ops-
It's a different rhythm.

One may be almost qualified out of the military but shouldn't be hired directly into the highest paid civilian 121 jobs with no civilian 121 experience.
 
One should not be "learning on the job" while accruing seniority at a major.
Sorry-
After the warm glow of freebrd's post, now back to your regularily scheduled FI programing. Thank goodness you are not involved in running an airline.:smash:
 

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