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Smallville posted...

yeah but what percent of airline pilots are former military ? isn't the percentage very high?

Not as much as back then, when schedules and routes were regulated. Now there an ever growing demand and the military cannot provide all the airline pilots. Especially with military now using drones instead of manned aircraft. Competition is very high getting the coveted fighter pilot jobs, but you're still lucky to fly cargo or tanker aircraft.

Airlines are starting to make their own flight academies now. Where you pay a discounted rate for flight training, but you have to work for the airline upon graduation.