Mr Zog said:Ok. I wasn't gonna get into the military vs civilian arguement. But I have nothing better to do than "stoke the flames " a bit.
Psysicx,
I have to take a little opposition to your comment about "low time" with military pilots. I can't talk for the "fast mover" guys or the squids and jarheads, but for the "toads" the flight time is all about "quality." For example, a local four to five hour sortie would include a formation departure, a tanker air refueling, a receiver air refueling, and about two hours beating up the pattern (usaully get 4 or 5 touch-and-gos). Not to mention vast experience in oceanic crossings, ICAO, cargo operations, wide-body aircraft operations, etc... I am not saying that military is better than civilian. But you can't compare one hour of military time with one hour of civilian time, it is like comparing apple to oranges.
I have great respect for military pilots. Have flown with a lot of them in 121 and 135 ops. But I don't care what you flew in the military, the civilians from a good 121 operator are just as competant and usually have triple the time as their military counterparts when hired. They're also a known quantity. Kalitta, Gemini, Atlas, Polar, World, etc., do just fine with former Beech 1900 pilots.