Originally Posted by
Mesabah
I agree, but it's very likely they are all going to be military, or those that are well connected. Delta is showing that there are perks if you take concessions and play nice; I use the term "perks" very loosely here.
Recent hiring cycles have been 60% civilian and 40% military, trending toward more civilian.
Military pilots get more "cold calls" without recommendations than civilian do. In fact, the only civilian pilot that got a cold call that I know of was JP from 9E.