KLM to Lend Pilots to Dutch Air Force for Fighter Jet Duties

Dutch flag carrier KLM agreed to lend pilots to the country’s air force, increasing the airline’s cooperation with the defense ministry after criticism it was poaching military aviators.

The airline, a unit of Air France-KLM, will initially make five full-time pilot slots available to fly F-35s for the Dutch Air Force as reservists, according to a press release on Monday. The company pledged to “intensify cooperation in other areas as well.”