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The Velveteen Ocelot

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3. Not any more. Most airline pilots come from the civilian sector.

Reply to applegrove (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 07:05 PM

Oct 2017

I used to work for an airline in its training department, and I'd say that fewer than 1/2 of our new hires were ex-military. It's probably even less than that now. After the Vietnam War was over there were a lot of ex-military pilots looking for airline jobs but over time those numbers decreased as the military services produced fewer and fewer pilots. Since they started using drones the demand for fighter pilots has decreased significantly. The fact that the Air Force is considering recalling some pilots suggests only that, because there has been so much less demand for military pilots in recent years, they under-recruited.

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There's a shortage of *Air Force* pilots. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #1

The air force pilots are the university for commercial pilots. If you can't be guaranteed a applegrove Oct 2017 #2

Not any more. Most airline pilots come from the civilian sector. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #3

So why are there less coming from the military? Is it that so many more pilots are needed as air applegrove Oct 2017 #4