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Old 27th Feb 2020, 22:50
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lucille
 
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With Chinese airlines having dispensed with most (all?) their expat pilots and ceasing recruiting there could not be a worse time to be an unemployed airline pilot. In the space of 2 months the rug has been pulled under the feet of the profession. There is no Plan B anymore.

Only thing left is to go sit on the beach and wait out this coronavirus panic attack. The panic will end, people will start flying in droves again and the Chinese airlines will be in a recruiting frenzy because a substantial number of their laid off pilots will not return. Jobs in China are high paying only because they are horrible. A 330 type rating will be very useful and experienced F/Os will get DEC positions.

I would hope that at the very least, the industry will give all the pilots made redundant one last recurrent which will at least make them employable for the following six months.
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