8 members · 4 posts · Military transition
Translating a service record into a civilian application. Form 5 versus a civilian logbook, PIC time, terminal leave timing, Guard and Reserve schedules alongside an airline seniority number.
Nothing classified, nothing that identifies a unit movement. Hiring advice only from people who have actually sat on the other side of the table.
DeShawn Barr (pinned)
Started this because I spent four months guessing. If you are separating, the two questions that matter are how you count your time and when you start applying. Everything else is noise. Ask here and somebody who has done it will answer.
DeShawn Barr
Two interview invites after rewriting the message field. Posting the before and after in case it helps somebody. Before: eleven years of service, various aircraft. After: 2,900 total, 1,800 PIC, 1,600 turbine PIC, C-17 aircraft commander. Same person, same record.
Mohamed Salih
Cargo is worth a look for anybody separating and I never hear it mentioned. Pay tracks the passenger side, the schedules are more predictable than people assume, and heavy multi time translates directly. We are also perpetually hiring and nobody applies.
DeShawn Barr
The logbook conversion, since three people have now asked me privately. I rebuilt mine from the form 5 into a civilian format by hand, line by line, over about six weeks. It is miserable and it is the single highest value thing I did. Recruiters will not do it for you and a spreadsheet dump is not a logbook.