Originally Posted by
Don Diego
Direct entry command in DHC operation is already a fact and last time I looked there were vacancies so despite management claims I would think they are struggling to find experience.
Thanks Don.
The situation is beginning to model the European experience.
The operators of lower tiered equipment in more expensive cities were the first to notice the shortage.
Suffice to say the demographic time-bomb has no short term solution.
IR were dragged up this way kicking and screaming to reality.
Reliable information suggests Network aviation, Jetconnect et al have little interest.
Sources suggest Stream Lead may well be using an 'internal survey' of pilots to strengthen the case to allow further foreign pilot entry. Parachuting the said individual into lead negotiator for IR is just part of the former AIPA President's brief.
The only way really to address the shortage is improvements to, rather than, reductions in terms and conditions.