Brexit/ACMI/Lack of UK recruitment
Does anyone know what the deal is with ACMI in the UK and at what point the tables may turn in favour of the many unemployed British pilot's?
At present there are numerous EU ACMI operators filling the gaps for UK airlines which is allowing them to get away with not recruiting crew. These are UK airlines operating on a UK AOC and they now have European ACMI operators with EASA crews flying on their behalf.
Currently ACMI operators have a big presence at most major UK airports. They are operating flights on behalf of several major UK airlines including easyJet, Jet2, TUI and others, all of whom would be forced to employ UK licensed pilots should the EU ACMI market not be there to provide short to medium term crewing solutions.
I'm hoping that this will come to an end at the end of the 2 year grace period and UK licensed pilots may have some opportunities thrown their way soon however I fear that as long as this practice is allowed to continue there will be little to no opportunities for those of us who have been unfortunate enough to fall foul of Brexit and Covid.
Does anyone know if this will be legal next summer or if we can expect some hefty recruitment over the winter? At present the job boards are becoming increasingly depressing given that we are now seeing pre 2019 levels of demand.