desperate for pilots?
Yeah, right.
Three years ago, when I had 250 hrs i used to think - well, maybe i can't find a job because of no experience and poor market prospects.
Now, having almost reached the magic 1500/500 mep and done again the usual round of applications, i can tell you - nobody came knocking at my door begging me to work for them! Yes, I'd probably get a job if I put an extra 25k for a TR...
I wouldn't call that a "desperate" need of pilots, not yet...
Anyway, I am optimistic, and there is no doubt that the situation is getting better and better. And if it is true that, as I've read on the other thread, a low hour pilot got his TR paid for by FR, well, maybe we are heading in the right direction?