maleficent

A lot of the older commercial pilots, including a former pilot that I work with have come out of the military (air force or navy)

That's great experience if you want to work for the airlines. But from what I understand it's a long process (I was looking for somethine one night, and found, and can't find it again) a airline employees forum, that had a lot of interesting information on it. Do some googling.

In addition to the major carriers, the father of a friend has a great job as a private pilot working for a company that leases planes, so you aren't at the whims of just one client, you could fly anywhere, and he loves it

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