Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
All this will do is exacerbate the mother of all Pilot Shortages in around the 2030's. There will be early retirements and those who leave as there is no employment
You ain’t wrong! Aviation globally is not going to be a career anyone flocks to for the foreseeable future. Soon that pipeline of pilots in training at flight schools will dry up, in Australia (and beyond) some flying schools will be forced to close, in fact many likely will.
Spending the dollars on commercial training or even recreational training just won’t be feasible as the unemployment numbers rocket upwards and people find there are absolutely no jobs for pilots anywhere.
Things will eventually turn around with high passenger demand and as pointed out, there won’t be enough pilots to recruit fast enough as that happens. I too think we are now setting up for one almighty shortage again, a long way off yes but there is no mistake that it is on its way again.