Originally Posted by
mutt
You are forgetting that pilots are a profession that needs to be nationalized, so they will draw from the local market. Its the other local airlines that will suffer.
true. But I doubt Saudia would be happy if they deplete half their pilots…and probably there must be some agreement to avoid that also between the two, especially when they also are expanding. I doubt Saudi has many available jobless and current type rated pilots available, they might have cadets being trained but the last thing a startup needs is inexperienced guys flying widebodys from day 1