Originally Posted by
11atsomto
It is interesting to hear you had some military time, you will also notice United is more of a military culture, again there is nothing wrong with this, it merely is a reflection of the fact that the pilot group is made of more than half prior military. Whereas obviously at a regional the percentage is tiny, and at ULCC/LCC it’s bigger yet maybe 10-20%. As you probably have noticed from your societal experience non military people act different than military people.
Just for the OP… it isn’t half or close. There are a lot, for sure, just as there are at any major airline. The military doesn’t make enough pilots every year for there to be that many at a single airline. You’ll find that the culture at the individual level isn’t much different any base or major airline for that matter. Most people just ended up at the place that was first to call and didn’t furlough them.