The director of my department is a private pilot. I haven't flown with him, and I doubt I will, since I don't like him. The head of equities trading at my company, one of my biggest internal customers, is a private pilot - he's just sold his Yak and bought a Sukoi-29, we've agreed to go flying with each other, although I wonder if my Europa will be a little disappointing compared to the Yak and the SU. And there's a guy who sits about 15 yards from my desk who saw my Europa backgound on my computer screen and started talking to me about flying... turns out he's got a lapsed PPL/IMC, so I took him flying and he's decided to get back into it himself next spring. I work in a company full of pilots!
I do mention my PPL on my CV - it's one short line at the end, under "other interests". I've only been asked about it once, at the end of an interview - it made a good informal topic of conversation while the interviewer was showing me out. Can't have been too bad, because I got the job! Definitely don't write more than one line though... if your new boss-to-be is not particularly interested, he'll probably ignore one line, but if you write a whole paragraph it will work against you if you get the wrong interviewer.
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