"Jim Fisher" wrote in message
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http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=3427

Which arguably states, with some authority, somewhere between 60% and 80%.

Heh. I was going to look for other rebuttal data, but your so-called
reference specifically says that current hiring is running at about 60%
*CIVILIAN* hires for the airlines. That's rebuttal enough for me.