Originally Posted by
framer
Maybe it’l go full circle. The USA will start head hunting Australian pilots and Australian Airlines will have to take C152 pilots and invest some time and money in them
I know of three guys, mid to late 30's who left the industry in the 90's for whatever reason and went on to forge very successful careers outside of aviation. CPL, instrument rating, passes in ATPL subjects etc
I wonder how many others are out there that could be encouraged to return by airlines if HR got off their bums and put a program together. Wouldn't that be a whole lot easier than starting a cadet scheme - oh that's right the airlines wouldn't make any money out of it.
Unfortunately there is a workforce trend in this country. Nobody wants to re-train because it's claimed it's expensive. Everything comes back to the mighty dollar, yet the advantages are far overlooked.
I was told there are 30,000 trained, but not active teachers in NSW alone yet teachers are still on the skilled occupations list for migration.