16 blades
Well, the previous "CP" was ex-military, so you would have been snapped up, real quick, if you are ex-mil. However the present "CP's" aviation back ground, not to mention experience,
is some what different,
If you are of the same race, you would, in all probability, be taken on without a tech and sim evaluation. Just a nice little chat, such is the extent of the neopotism within AAI.