Originally Posted by
breakdip
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.
I think you have highlighted another problem too, there are a number of pilots in that 60+ bracket, an era that don't have long left, some are jumping early, but there are certainly a few to lose in the coming years and we aren't seeing the new juniors joining to replace them.