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Old 28th Nov 2023, 09:06
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menekse
 
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Guys, it's not a science or magic tricks. GDP etc are relevant to minimum wage or welfare checks, not to pilot salaries.
In some regions of the planet they want ''good'' pilots and are willing to pay for them. I have EU passport, hold an EASA license and I make 12k per month plus free accommodation and tickets home. I work in Middle East, is not that far from Europe.
If tomorrow my company opens for unexperienced pilots willing to come over here for 2k of course they will change my contract to fly for food too. For now at least they are not willing risk.
That's the market and that's what happened in the most of EU airlines
That's the same for any profession. If I have a restaurant and I want an experienced chef I will pay him accordingly. To save some money I can risk to hire someone just out of the chef school or someone who was working in McDonalds before
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