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August 8th, 2006, 23:08
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| Junior Member  Join Date: Jul 2006
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|  Transition To Civilian Can someone explain the steps needed to become a civilian pilot (airline or corporate) fresh from the military?
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August 9th, 2006, 00:49
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| Agent Smith  | Re: Transition To Civilian Apply. Seriously!
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August 9th, 2006, 01:04
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006
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| Re: Transition To Civilian Quote:
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August 9th, 2006, 01:06
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| Agent Smith | Re: Transition To Civilian Air National Guard! You get to fly interesting aircraft in situations you'll never see as a civilian! I don't know if there's an equivalent in "Canadia"
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August 9th, 2006, 08:53
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Southeast US
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 | Re: Transition To Civilian Quote:
If you are speaking of certificates, after you graduate from UPT, you are given the opportunity to "test out" and get your Commercial, multi-engine, instrument simply by taking a written "competency" test. From there you can add Type ratings for any aircraft that you fly in the military that has a civil equivilant, and you'll be on your own getting an ATP cert (I think that's how the school ATP got their start, giving mil pilots ATP checkrides.) With the mil flight training and experience behind you, most employers are happy to interview you, when I applied to 6 majors (pre-911) I got 6 calls for interviews. Also, it really helps to have mil buds at each company to give company recommendations (networking at it's finest.) Once you get to the interviews, it's your job to lose. I was hired after both of the first two interviews I went on, called up the others and politely declined the rest of the offered interviews. If I had a crystal ball, I would have gone on at least one more, and given FedEx or UPS a shot, but who knew at the time. The hardest part is getting interviews, that's where recommendations, connections, knowing people, "networking" is so important. That's the most important part of what Doug is trying to offer here at JC for the civilian trained pilot, although most people here seem to want to piss people off rather than make connections. Their choice.
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