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Old 20th Jun 2020, 11:03
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Ollie Onion
 
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I am not sure pilots will see the brunt of CR initially. Pre-COVID they were so worried about the lack of pilot availability they were investing in setting up their own academy. They worked bloody hard to redeploy the 40 pilots left after Jetstar Regional to keep them in the group. They may offer some early retirement / VR packages but they may also offer Furlough options and LWOP as even if it takes 24 months to get back to reasonable pax numbers it will be cheaper to keep people attached to the group. Maybe it is wishful thinking, but the lead time to get a pilot recruited and on line is probably 12 months so they will be conscious of that. It looks as though Jetstar Japan will shortly be back to normal op’s, Jetstar NZ is said to be at 100% domestic capacity in August with the Tasman and Pacific coming soon and of course East Coast Oz should be back big time domestically when the states lift restrictions. The problem areas are wide body international, how they deal with that will be very interesting.
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