United Airlines Ramps Up Military Aviator Hiring Efforts

United Airlines Boeing 737 Capt. Kenneth Kirkpatrick

United Airlines Boeing 737 Capt. and LAX Assistant Chief Pilot, Kenneth “KP” Kirkpatrick.

Credit: United Airlines
Of the United Airlines pilots hired in 2022, 18% came directly from active duty—now the carrier seems set to boost those numbers with a new program positioning full-time U.S. military pilots to receive conditional job offers before discharge.* Currently, around 20% of its more than 16,000 pilots are...

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