ME needs 60,000 drivers in 20yrs...
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Desdi no offence mate but you must be either bold or have no facial hair to grow a beard(or both)...Are you one of those bomber hat pilots doing the walkaround with jacket and hat on with 50 degrees outside? 
I have to agree with the shoes though...
I have to agree with the shoes though...
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I think we all agree that you don't need to be spit shined to fly an airplane safely. But I imagine the point was what public perception is different. People will equate a neat fella with being a good pilot and one that forgot his left shoe as being a bad one. It may be the other way around. Just play the game. Look sharp and stay out of trouble. I insider myself a pilot and not a driver, just as my doctor friend considers himself a surgeon and not a butcher. Nothing wrong with being either. Just not the same.
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Ok back to the thread.
3000/year seems a push to me, and maybe an underestimate of the true requirement. We struggle to recruit 10 per month, that we want anyway, then we seem to have around a 50% failure rate; and that's an improvement on a couple of years ago.
Another factor in producing future shortage is that the majority of our current recruits are over 55, so we're recruiting guy's that are both likely to take sick leave and who will only remain in the middle East for a short period. These guys take 6 months of training center time for the little return.
3000/year seems a push to me, and maybe an underestimate of the true requirement. We struggle to recruit 10 per month, that we want anyway, then we seem to have around a 50% failure rate; and that's an improvement on a couple of years ago.
Another factor in producing future shortage is that the majority of our current recruits are over 55, so we're recruiting guy's that are both likely to take sick leave and who will only remain in the middle East for a short period. These guys take 6 months of training center time for the little return.
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Alloyboobtube- That is under consideration by the company that I work for but I think they have a fear that too many local guys would take it up thereby increasing their requirement for Pilots by a third overnight. The bases though is a likely option.
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ME needs 60,000 drivers in 20yrs...
Increasing your pilot numbers reduces the competition s pilot numbers , a great business strategy. Also the older guys could work longer with a month off between rosters.
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Realistically though the problem is the immediate effect of the changes.
Honestly the only real solution is to pay a salary which would attract widebody guys out of European and U.S. Legacy carriers.
Honestly the only real solution is to pay a salary which would attract widebody guys out of European and U.S. Legacy carriers.
