Sorry I’m going to echo what others have said.
Defiantly a shortage of Captains, EU land not 100% sure. Uk definitely.
Virgin dropped to 500hrs on time for RHS. I mean that’s 1 year at RYR and off you go to long haul ops.
What is also the issue is training capacity. Only so many SIMs, so many trainers etc. They don’t have hundreds of SIMs just sat waiting.
There will never be mass shortage of entry pilots but certainly experienced.
Like I said 6-12 months ago in UK for anyone who had 737 or 320 time a lot opened up.
A mate of mine applied and went to 4 airlines/assessments in UK and a ME carrier.
Only 1 UK airline came back as a no. Never seen it like that before.
Have you actually gone for assessments/ had your CV looked at?
It’s one thing having experience but you still need to do homework even just applying. My aviation CV is tailored just to that. Compared to when I applied to jobs during COVID it’s completely different.
Do you have good experience?
Sorry to say the path you choose can dictate the airlines that are interested. I know a couple of guys from my flight school that went and got experience outside of Europe. It hasn’t helped them one bit, if anything made it harder for them.
I was once told yes take any flying job with the caveat of long term plan. Your first job can dictate to some degree where you will go in aviation.
Last edited by AIMINGHIGH123; 5th Aug 2023 at 18:03.