Just curios. If a retired f-18 pilot wants to fly commercial, does he have to get his atp rating through traditional route, i.e. ppl, instrument, commercial then atp? Or are there shortcuts since he has had prior great military training?
Ditto for flight instructor equivalencies, which are granted to the CFI and CFII level for single engine, and MEI if the aircraft you're qualified as an instructor in the military is not center line thrust (hence the reason I'm not an MEI as a career T-38 instructor, but can use my current qualification as an instructor to renew my CFI Airplane single engine land and CFII.
Are you still in or did you separate?
if your in, talk to the skipper and find the local FSDO to get your certs
Dude, the party started, where ya’ been?
https://www.sheppardair.com/download/Centerline thrust restriction removal 2018.pdf
...that's an interesting twist. Mother effing SAT FSDO I tell ya.
During my 2015 visit to seek a renewal of my already existing CFI Single Engine Land / CFI-I Airplane certs on the basis of military qualifications (renewals which were granted), I also added a CPL multi-engine land to my already existing CPL SEL from my part 61 college days. The CPL multi was issued without CL restriction because it came forth as a result of my former qualification as a Buff pilot.
The application for an initial MEI however, was rejected wholesale. SAT FSDO would not issue me an MEI at all on the basis of being a T-38C IP. By the wording of that letter, there was such a thing as an MEI with a CL restriction back then, which means I should have been issued such a certificate at the time.
I have zero intention of pursuing civilian flight instruction any time soon, but based on that letter you linked, I believe I do in fact qualify to have an unrestricted MEI issued on the basis of my T-38 Instructor and Pilot Examiner quals at this juncture. POA delivers!
I misunderstood the title. I read it as meaning "Is a retired fighter pilot allowed to board an airliner, or do they have to be checked as luggage because of some weird TSA rule."