Originally Posted by
SeamusTheHound
Actually, it looks like if you add up the civilian pie chart, the total is 92%. So 91/135 could be the 8% that is not listed, or at least part of it.
I don't think the airline has any problem with direct entry from 91/135. It may be that not many of those guys apply because they like their current career, or that those 91/135 folks don't fit the "profile" - college degree, etc.
True, although that is 8% of 70% hired so more like 5% of total pilots hired are not on that chart. I bet if you got the actual numbers the total percentage of new hires coming from 91/135 would be around 2.5-2%. Delta is definitely less than 1% and the head of hiring even chuckled at the mention of corporate pilots at the WAI conference. So I am very seriously considering going to a non legacy 121 carrier in order to improve my application and increase my chances.