Originally Posted by
dr dre
Those who trained at a “real” flying school and got “real experience” in GA have even less hope. When airlines start recruiting again they’ll want candidates whom are a known quantity to them (those whom did academy or cadetship with that airline).
There’s nothing more to that rant than the typical anti-millennial/cadet rant made monthly on Pprune.
Yes, agree in principle. He could have said it in nicer terms, if indeed it needed to be said at all. Having had much to do with training many of the younger generation I do not share his low opinion of them all. There is a percentage of marginally competent older hands in the industry too, who hopefully will now drop out of the game.
However, before airlines get down to hiring their former cadets, the few that survive this will take type-rated, experienced furloughed or redundant employees as first choice, then type rated experienced pilots from other sources next, finally their own cadets.
Airlines simply won't want to invest money in any more training than the bare minimum and they will want to ramp up operations quickly as the market recovers. As always, airline management will take advantage of a pilot surplus to reduce terms and conditions on offer.
How long will it take to get back to pre-covidvirus good times for pilots? If anyone knows the answer, do tell.