Originally Posted by
A320LGW
Wasn't there once a saying about the true sign of an active recruitment market being when BA hire??
https://simpleflying.com/british-air...-lease-routes/
BA are already using wet lease whilst they try and rehire a chunk of the guys they fired in 2020 into BA Lite on significantly reduced T&C's!! Couldn't make it up. And before the smart arse comments roll in again... yes I know its a oneworld thing - it is however allowing BA to fly their summer schedule using non UK crews and removing the necessity to recruit pilots, many of whom were made redundant from BA and now have their old jobs being done by our European cousins.
There is absolutely no doubt that the amount of ACMI going on in the UK right now is allowing airlines to be very conservative with their pilot numbers and as such detrimental to the pool of unemployed UK pilots.