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Originally Posted by crustychief
A friend of mine got out as an OSPREY pilot, not sure of his hours but most all of it is classified as turbine, multi, instrument. Navigation, airspace and airport procedure knowledge is the main experience points. He works for United now. Another guy I know flies a S76 for an offshore oil rig company on the gulf coast
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All military pilots receive either fixed wing or rotorcraft initial flight training (or both like Seahawk). An Osprey pilot would then move onto an Osprey transition.
Those pilot must have had enough total time of either fixed wing or rotor flight time along with their tilt rotor (Powered Lift is the actual category) to be hired. It really comes down to what the individual employer (and their insurance company) will allow.
I met a pilot with Osprey flight time and B-52 flight time, he could have easily gotten a job with an airline due to all his B-52 flight time.
Edit: Did a little research, it seems
some airlines do recognize tilt rotor time but getting your ATP (Airline Transport Pilot certificate) can be tricky coming out of the service if you have a lot of mostly tilt rotor time and not much fixed wing time.