Originally Posted by
Whitemonk Returns
Can only speak for J2 but the ACMI usage is less to do with lack of crew and more to do with adding that extra summer capacity at little to no long term risk to the business. It's not like there are a bunch of empty airplanes sitting around with no crew to fly them.
As for the opening up of turboprop jobs in the winter, hold your breath because there are about to be plenty at a certain Scottish carrier considering Jet are currently doing recruitment days 3 days a week until the end of the summer and the place was packed with Scots last week. Out of the nearly 10,000 applications they got less than 20% had UK licences, and with 150 jobs to offer this year that means 1 in 10 who applied will get in
Are Jet2 not considering applications from those who have applied for UK licenses? I have applied for the UK CAA FCL and medical a number of months ago, still waiting for them to be issued. I did include this information in the application.