“An airline running out of pilot flying hours is symptomatic of deep trouble within that airline and there is widespread discontent among Jet pilots and we might see some who will look at opportunities with other domestic carriers,” said an airline executive not wanting to be named. In aviation industry parlance, pilot shortage is meant to indicate an airline not having pilots with adequate flying hours available to continue flying. In the early 2000s, the entire aviation industry had struggled with pilot shortage due to the flying hour restriction. Regulations today mandate that a pilot can fly for only 1,000 hours in every consecutive 365 days.
How about instead of endless wars against staff airlines accept the new paradigm; respect for a pilot as part of the revenue generation of an airline, a vital component at that...
Nah, push the regulator, defer CAO 48.1, and extend and pretend until revenue is non existent!
How about clear out a floor or two at Waterside or Coward street of HR?