Mid 1990's
Our friend HercDriver130 took a position at American Eagle after separating from the military in the early 1990's if I recall. I am sure that he would have preferred to have gone to nice major if he could have. However I could be wrong.
In my previous post I was referring to Horizon Air in the mid-1990's. Up until lately it was hugely popular with retired military pilots. However over the last few years it seems that Horizon Air made the preference to hire fresh college kids for whatever reason. My guess is that when they do hire again they will have an onslaught of highly experienced industry professionals to choose from.
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