Within about 6-7 years 50% of qantas pilots will be aged in excess of 60!
i don’t know how many pilots Qantas have but the above is a pretty interesting fact if you are running an airline in this environment.
If the above is true, if QF have 2000 pilots,( I have no idea) and if the average age of retirement is 62, then you are training 100 pilots off the street a year for the next nine years just to stand still. ( any plans for expansion?) Of course with every retirement comes a command training requirement and an F/O training requirement as well......but wait, we’ll need someone to train and check them so we’ll have to run quite a few TRI courses quick smart.
There is going to be one heck of a lot of training going on by people who are not yet trainers.
interesting times ahead for sure.