Originally Posted by
CurtainTwitcher
Sorry to correct you Rated De, Joyce does nothing is done without a business plan, he is a startup junkie. I would suggest the strategy here is to milk pilot training as a business by leveraging off the Qantas brand reputation. Expect them to attempt to scale this beyond what is required for the the group, I could even envisage offshore "Qantas Training Academy Centre of Excellence" training being set up in Asia.
Don't get me wrong, demographics come into play, but there will be more to this.
You are completely on it, CT.
This ain’t a thought-bubble.
If you can significantly control or influence pilot training (or have a monopoly on it), and maybe even run it at a profit, you not only control supply, but you get to control those who even
commence pilot training, let alone finish it.
You get to interview them twice, once before training, and once again before employment, gaining a much greater understanding of their worth, and you get surveillance of them during training. With that surveillance you really get to know them - not just aptitude, but you get to cull those who complain when the tea-room runs out of milk - they’ll be your future union-leaders.
You also get to control things like gender balance.