There was a time (late 1970s) when the airlines were taking USCG helo pilots who hadn't been in a fixed wing aircraft since flight school. They just trained 'em themselves. They'd go from aircraft commander of a single engine helo (HH-52) to First Officer of an airliner -- after the training, of course.
On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Wilton Strickland <wilt...@nc.rr.com>wrote: > 'Don't know 'bout now, but airlines used to put more value on military > "Mult-engine" time (bombers, cargo, tanker) than fighter time. > > Wilton > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mitch Haley" <m...@voyager.net> > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:29 AM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: thoughts on NY plane crash? > > > > Wonko the Sane wrote: > > > There is more truth to that than you realize -- plus lots of USAF > fighter > > > pilots (i.e., Sully). > > > > Funny thing, my niece used to date a guy who was studying to be a jet > pilot. > > I asked him if the "Officer and a Gentleman" route was cheaper, and he > told me > > that the airlines weren't hiring military pilots because the military put > them > > in jets with too little training, and fighter experience didn't carry > over > to > > airliners anyway. I bet that guy's student loans were worse than a > lawyer's. > > > > Mitch. > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090214/4832cbe1/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
