Slavery In Aviation

Tom S. wrote:

Damn...what did folks do 40-50 years ago, before "Flight Schools".


The military?

xyzzy wrote in message ...
Tom S. wrote:
Damn...what did folks do 40-50 years ago, before "Flight Schools".

The military?

Correct. Previously, the overwhelming majority of professional
pilots had a military background. Today the opposite is true,
overwhelmingly so if one looks at relatively recent hires.

Cheers,
Sydney

"xyzzy" wrote in message
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Tom S. wrote:

Damn...what did folks do 40-50 years ago, before "Flight Schools".


The military?

Some yes, most, NO. IWG, that other than during wartime, very FEW pilots
came out of the military. Yet, for the airlines, that was their primary
source for pilots up until the 90's, I believe. Now the ratio (use to be
3:1) is reversed, isn't it?

"Tom S." wrote:

Some yes, most, NO. IWG, that other than during wartime, very FEW pilots
came out of the military.

Well, he said 40-50 years ago. That's wartime. In fact, just about any time
seems to have been wartime.

George Patterson
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and his wife Katherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr are no longer
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