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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 11 > Wanted: Pilots

Wanted: Pilots

Regional airlines are looking for more recruits; students are flocking to Central Oregon flight schools

By Chuck Chiang / The Bulletin
February 11, 2007

A job with a regional airline was far from Jon Hershey's mind when he decided he wanted to become a pilot.

"'Top Gun,'" said Hershey, 20, of Redmond, when asked what inspired him to pursue pilot education, referring to the 1986 blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise as a fighter jet....

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