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Originally Posted by sigep_nm
My wife is an HR manager for a fortune 500 co, and vets to my knowledge have a preferential hiring status as required by law, not sure if that is taking into account in the airlines? any way know anything different?
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There are no laws which require private companies to give hiring preference to veterens in general, that only applies to the federal (and possibly some state/local) governments.
Some companies which do a lot of government contracts may be required to have a certain workforce percentage of women, minorities, and veterens...your wife's company is likely one of these. But the catch here is that veterens DO NOT get preferential hiring as individuals...if the company already has the required percentages they would not have an incentive to hire more (not to say they wouldn't).
Many airlines have large federal contracts, but I guarantee you that all airlines are WAY over their veteran quota...remember all those ex-military pilots?