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Old 18th Oct 2020, 10:00
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The longer this goes on the more issues in relation to aviation will become evident. A pilot friend indicated that they has not flown since last April when he was laid off, they get by but doesn't have the luxury of getting flight time in.

Concern is that IF aviation resumes next year there will be a lot of refresher training required before getting back in the air again. Observation was that there will potentially be thousands of others and turning on all the resource again is going to take time with many airlines worried that another wave stops flying before it starts.

If aviation stays pretty much grounded in 2021/2022 then unlikely they will ever have another commercial pilots job.

In the background of course there are the tech companies pushing unmanned flying and while figured 10 years away and likely retired when it becomes a permanent fixture the downturn is adding the impetus to get it running sooner.
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