Hiring more then 1 wingman

After finishing the tutorial, I and my wingman started trading minerals between two adjacing systems.
As I can now afford to hire a second wingman, I was looking around the mining base or processing base if some pilots are for hire, but for some reason there is nobody interested in getting the job.

Do I need to bribe the company or faction the pilot is belonging to, to get him working for me?
(pilots I ask now lights up orange (neutral))

You will need to increase your faction reputation with any faction that you wish to hire wingmen from. I believe SNRV pilots will work for anyone, but bigger freighters will not work for you if your reputation with their faction is too low. Faction reputation is very very important. You need to carefully plan who you will make friends with.

You can hire some warship escorts without a better than neutral standing. The Merc station in Alcuin had a Corvette and Patcom for hire the last time I was there.

"But I don't wanna explode!"
-Jayne Cobb, Serenity

Ah yes, I stand corrected. Mercs are sometimes willing to deal with players of less than reputable....reps.

hi all ...speaking of which ..i hired a second snrv got him into same wing group as first one ..went off to buy some stuff...loaded both ships no problem...went through an L point ...and only one snrv emerged on the other side..?...

anyone else have this prob??

Hi Vector, welcome to the Forum.

I remember such a thing happening in early builds of the game. But since the Torn Star release I haven't had that problem. Are you sure you ordered the wingman to follow you? Maybe he was just sitting on the other side waiting for orders. Another possibility, though slim, was that he was killed just prior or post to jumping?