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Old 13th Jul 2021, 07:52
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Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP
 
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My prediction is a massive shortage of pilots in the next 18 months. I have no skin in the game, I'm not involved in training of new pilots. I know of so many pilots who were a few years away from retiring who have pulled out early. Enough money in the fund to live comfortably and this pandemic has made them realise that there is more to life than sitting in a tube at 3AM. Add in the number of pilots that would have hit 65 in the last 18 months plus natural wastage through lost medicals etc and I think the industry might be in for a shock when it gets up and running fully. Just my prediction. I'm usually wrong....
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