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Old 10th Nov 2020, 17:01
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guy_incognito
 
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I suggest people read and re-read Chief Willy's post. It is spot on.

The vast majority of redundant pilots will be waiting for the first opportunity to get back flying. Yes, they may not enjoy the job, they may look at the direction the industry is going in and wince, they may be looking at a 50%+ paycut compared to their last flying job in 2019, but they will accept any conditions going.

Unless you have relevant qualifications AND significant experience in another field, you shouldn't kid yourself that any HR/ recruitment person is going to be in the slightest bit interested by what you think you can offer. As much as pilots want to think differently, nobody cares about the "transferable skills" we like to kid ourselves that we have. Many will probably have already seen that recruitment is dominated by faceless, automated systems employing standardised online filters. It's highly likely that your application will be filtered out before it's even looked at by an actual person.

I actually think that there will be continued demand for "cadets" who will be unpaid, or will pay to fly. Why wouldn't the airlines continue to profit from the right hand seat? There may well be limited recruitment of experienced pilots with a relevant rating at the airlines who emerge from this crisis. It would be an extraordinary act of self delusion to think that the salaries offered will bear any comparison with those previously offered, and as mentioned above by a previous poster those terms and conditions are gone forever.
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