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Old 17th Feb 2018, 08:52
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breakdip
 
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Originally Posted by 9Aplus
Agree on that 100%
Know in person one of them, frozen ATPL A/IR/MCC and approx 330 h on fix wing.
FO job, in decent EU member flag carrier within 2 weeks, on second application.
There is not only a problem in recruiting the new pilots, but also in retaining them. A good friend of mine decided to switch to FW in order to gain more career perspective. He has been a SFO for a while with a respective North Sea operator, but there is no perspective of becoming an offshore captain because they all stay put.
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