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Rated De
As the former AIPA President is yet to turn the first sod of earth on the Qantas Academy that will turn out 500 pilots a year, salvation for the industry is a way off.
In the interim it is not so much a pilot shortage, rather a remuneration shortage.
I'm still trying to figure out who is going to teach these 500 students a year? The recent ads on afap are asking for a 3 year commitment as an instructor at the academy.. Maybe if they dangle the carrot of a job at the end of a 3 year commitment they'll be able to persuade their own students into becoming instructors but that would take years to become a well-oiled machine..