Originally Posted by
CW247
Somehow both AvEx and SLX have managed to convince the authorities they they should be allowed to hire South American pilots (ICAO license holders) to fly on a European AOC. They will get a temporary validation. The shortage is real. So real in fact that I just received an email from an agency offering Captain positions at Volotea with a 10k starting bonus plus another 10k contract completion bonus.
I was asking for sometime how come they can hire ICAO pilots. I think not only South Americans but any ICAO licence holder. About shortage, I am not sure. But for sure these two companies did not want to increase the salaries so they were limited with the people applied to them with EASA licence. Instead of offering higher packages they decide to seek for pilots who can accept this conditions. I think this is more about the case than we having shortage of pilot in EU.