Heli wrote:Depending on the interview, I'd go for the civvie 'applicant'. There is a significant difference in the Mil way to the Civvie (CASA?) way of doing many things, which after so long in the Army would take some changing.
As MC says, it's taken him a long time to get used to the CASA way, and he'd be in one of the most "CASA" exposed Mil jobs going!
There aren't that many significant differences, at least operationally. If there were there'd be all kinds of issues with mil aircrew operating in civil airspace! The military version of AIP (FLIP) is essentially AIP with a few sections removed and a few variations in place. Half an hour leafing through AIP and FLIP will show the mil guy where the differences are -and they're not that significant (mainly less detail on LSALT calculation, a few different requirements for determining alternates, and flight over water being the main ones). Not all that hard to come to grips with.
CAR, CAO, etc are a bit of a shock to the system -very poorly arranged in comparison to the military regs. Typically though they're not the kind of thing you need to trawl in to daily, so once you're happy with how your civil operation works (and complies) you can save them for bedtime reading. Some mentoring from an experienced civi operator will also help the mil guy get up to speed quickly.
I think its normal for people to defend/recommend their background and, not to be rude, I don't know how anyone can offer a valid opinion on the civi vs military unless they've either worked as or with both. I certainly think MC, Sickhorsey and myself have offered fairly well moderated opinions (except perhaps where someone clearly needed to be put back in their box...).
PD