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Old 22nd Nov 2017, 08:05
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bafanguy
 
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Originally Posted by Rick777
Had lunch with head of hiring for United today. He said last year 51% of hires had mil background.

Rick777,

Certainly the norm. This recent statement from the SVP Flt Ops at DL :

"...more than half of our pilots, are veterans or on active military duty."

The only reason it's not closer to 100% is supply numbers. Just life in the big airline.
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