Originally Posted by
ScepticalOptomist
What rubbish. This, like EVERY other downturn will change direction.
Either be ready to join the wave - or don’t, but the wave will come regardless.
There are QF A380 Captains driving buses. There are displaced A380 F/Os and Second officers that will be rehired before any new hires.There are B747 pilots yet to go through the QF reduction in numbers process. Virgin has shut down its whole international division. Tiger is gone.There are expats retuning from Emirates , Cathay etc.
Believe what you like. There will be a surplus of experienced jet pilots in Australia for the foreseeable future.