@Idontlikeusername : to make it short => yes, the situation is that bad.
About the recruitment, it depends on airlines:
Some Wizzair cadets finished in July, they are already F/O. They belonged to the very first group, which didn't experience the problems of fleet, FI, management etc
Others are delayed because the lithuanian CAA is making troubles.
Only one Smartlynx cadet is doing his Type Rating now.
But most of them are still waiting to finish their training.
As a reminder, they were planned to start initally their type rating in July and September.
We are in december, and most of them are either waiting for their licences, or waiting for the Multi-Engine + MCC....
The group which finished VFR is now delayed to April.
Better and better. Bravo BAA for your counter-performance at any stage of the training
Avion Express cadets started much later. They are barely starting VFR.
Small Planet cadets are in an embarrassing situation, they don't belong to any airline anymore (Small planet went bankrupt).
Keep away from that chaos.
There are so many reliable schools out there.