Jesus Christ, it’s like a nursery here...you lot are looking to become pilots? Seriously, calm down, breathe, now let’s talk about the reality of the industry and Ryanair.
BA cancelled all the courses for this year, including those who already started (see the BA forum) it’s real, over 100 pilots and 300 cabin crew.
TUI is grounded and considering options, So as Jet2. The former has €1.4bil of liquidity and assets to play with plus the government support now. The later is in a healthy situation but has higher debts, but also froze recruitment.
Virgin, whole airline on unpaid leave for 2 months.
Easyjet, recruitment cancelled and has a massive holdpool. High cash flow but like everyone else, customer confidence is low.
Finally, Ryanair. High cash flow of around €4bi but grounded 90% of the fleet. Have friends with whom
I’ve trained with who were sent home on unpaid leave. Company progressively pushing pilots into warsaw aviation contracts. You think you’re going to the Ryanair contract? Dream on, it’s over.
The goal is to increase capacity at Buzz, as well as Lauda and Malta Air. Zero hour contracts and morale is really low after the strikes.
The 5/4 roster is going and if there aren’t any movement from pilots into better airlines, you’re up to a long wait.
It took some people up to 4 years to be called and that was during the good times, you gotta be smarter than that boys and stop the fighting.
Off course you’ll get invited to spend money, would you if it was free? Do the test, pay up and then sit on a pool for months if not years. Do the assessment and if successful, sit on another pool for years. Why? Because there are ex Thomas Cook pilots, Flybe, Norwegian etc mature, qualified, professional, in the market and they will be ahead of you, make no mistake.
keep pushing and don’t give up but be realistic and wise up, they are not your friends and unfortunately Aviation is on it’s knees
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