(September 10, 2021 at 12:51 pm)Spongebob Wrote: Most pilots used to get free training, via the United States Air Force. That might be changing now. I used to live next to a USAF flight trainer and he eventually bolted to the private sector. He said you generally have to start at the bottom, commuter flights and low salary, and work your way up to the larger planes and a bigger salary. Once you get there it's pretty sweet.
That was my dad' s generation...
And you didn' t start at the bottom. You had to get to the bottom, dig a hole, grab a ladder and dig some more.
Guys PAID to fly mail - just to get logged hours.
You paid your way up to the bottom.
My dad just got very lucky and fell onto a corporate gig - and got lots of logged hours that way. Once kids came - he gave it up for a more 9-5 job.
Nowdays - airlines do NOT want military trained pilots - as they respond as trained in the service under stress - and that frequently is at odds with how commercial carriers want their pilots to respond.
