Originally Posted by
kungfu panda
Well, yes and no. What They're going to need is experienced Widebody, longhaul Captains who will fly with relatively inexperienced Saudi First Officers. They're not going to be looking for Capt. Joe Bloggs from Ryanair.
If what I suggest will be the initial offer does not attract sufficient of the right candidates then obviously they'll up that offer. They will believe commuting to be very attractive though.
as for the experience once they need only a handful. And only they proof ETOP, LVP, NAT competence for the AOC
for the rest EK,EY, and QR have proofed that a Guy mit maybe 1000 command on A320 can be good enough to jump on a wide body a direct entry captain (EK has done that on the 330/340)
experience is only a convienient at the time it suits them but mostly overrated for these companies (e.g. taking a320 and crj FOs directly onto the 380 instead of numerous 330/340 FO form within the company as EK did it in 2014, or putting a10000hr 340 capo in the right seat of a 380 because only 1000 hour came from EK)
bottom line experience is only important when it suits them and not what we believe would be practicable or they should have
as mentioned above if they come up with medium terms, attractive enough for people from eu LCC. They will take them no matter what experience they have.
those building the training and fleet management, yes they will be very experienced in their roles and will also be paid accordingly.
for the part with the Saudia FO - ask the question why they start a new airline, rather than ramping up saudia airlines.
because the working conditions for locals don’t allow to make a business ala EK or QR, which means this new airline will be based on mostly or entirely expats as the rules of employment are completely different to those for an saudia national.