Eastern has begun hiring pilots and is now using outside contractors to perform its maintenance.

If the aerospace lines didn't need to hire pilots you wouldn't have gotten a job in the first place.

But he also said United failed to hire enough pilots.

The airline will continue to hold out until the union agrees to allow it to hire new pilots at much lower wages, these officials said.

Until recently they hired only pilots under the age of 30 who had 20/20 vision and were at least 5 feet 6 inches tall.

But believe me, the airlines were afraid to hire pilots of color after the war.

Now, United is hiring pilots with as little 350 hours of flight time, he said.

It would do so by hiring and training new pilots.

He preferred to hire pilots and personally manage the company.

Eastern is one of the few major airlines hiring pilots directly for the more prestigious jobs.