I’m surprised this has turned around. For a while there, airlines were hesitant to hire ex-military — especially fighter pilots. My father flew A-6 Intruders and F4s in the Navy, and T-38s for NASA, and then flew for North Central Airlines back in the 70s. He found the job boring, which is what many military jet pilots learn. After he left, it seemed the airlines figured this out, too.
After you have been flying B-52s 200 feet off the deck at 350 Kts through mountains and valleys. Spent innumerable hours trying to hook up to a small hose dangled from the end of a boom on a KC-135 to get gas, all while moving at 400 Kts or so, flying passengers around can get a bit boring. Fighter pilots the same way.
My uncle flew for Delta for many years, after he had served two tours flying F-105s around SE Asia.