Employment
For discussion-
We keep hearing on these threads as to how the job market is picking up, and some contributers enthuse that things getting better all the time- But- it is taking one heck of a time to happen.
Does anyone really believe that, according to government sources, "air travel will grow by 100% over the next ten years"?
These claims are not bourne out by the statistics in PPJN, and the general anecdotes which contributers to Pprune are making. Things have fundamentally changed since 9/11 and the subsequent downturn- airlines, both those close to the borderline, of whom there are many, and the few profitable, have tightened their belts. For instance, on talking to someone in BMI the other day, it appears that they will not be recruiting for the foreseeable future- certainly not in the next year.
It really is not fair to have people spend many tens of thousands of pounds, on promises of instant employment by marketing departments in the schools, only to find that, two to three years on, they are still knocking their heads on walls, still trying to find employment. I'm not speaking personally, but I know of many ex-student friends who are in this position.
Why are there no formal statistics of how many people are on the job market, and how many are actually obtaining emploment, on a year on year basis? Surely, this is not rocket science, and could/ should be collated by either the CAA or BALPA.