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Old 15th May 2005, 14:05
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crisidebrian
 
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Cipri,

The problem in Spain is that there are too many (more than 4000) jobless low houred pilots, so Companies are hiring the son of, or the brother of someone inside the Company, wich is normal as far as they are private and free to hire whoever they want. It's impossible to think of a selection process for all the 4000 plus jobless pilots, because that would cost millions. Just imagine a 30 minute simulator check for 4000 pilots... hundreds of instructors and maybe every simulator in Europe to be able to do it in less than 1 year: impossible.
Imagine a Company that needs a lawyer making a selection process for every jobless lawyer in the Country, maybe 15000, and imagine every jobless lawyer claiming for their right of attending to every selection process of every Company hiring. Senseless.
In Spain there are too many schools (FTO) and too many people thinking they will fly a Jumbo and earn a lot of money just days after finishing their training. You shouldn't start an expensive training without having a job prospection in the future, and if you do so, then you have to assimilate the consequences. Most of the jobless pilots in Spain will never fly a commercial airplane.
Anyway, spanish Companies do hire low houred pilots. In Air Madrid, for example, they are hiring 200-300 hour pilots to fly an A330 (they might look after some University degree, though). The same in Futura, Iberworld, etc.
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