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Originally Posted by
SkyHigh
In response to your military question. I do not think that commitments for pilots were nearly as long back then as they are now. Though I did not really follow what military pilots did very closely.
I realize that. My own commitment was only 4.5 years after winging. I could have gotten out of the military before I was 30 years old. I just doubt that the airlines ONLY hired military pilots who had gotten out after their initial commitment. I'm sure there were plenty of retired military pilots getting airline jobs "back in the day" as you say.
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