Originally Posted by Wee Weasley Welshman
If you all took your eyes off the prize of a Boeing/Airbus you'd find that there are plenty of regional turboprop jobs out there
That may be true WWW but none of them are employing the huge numbers that they would like to fill the huge gaps because there are limited TRIs to train them. This is the case in the three of the major TP operators in the UK at the moment. There maybe lots of "positions" available but if you cant get trained there isnt a "job" so everyones chances of getting on a jet are just as great as getting on the turbos at the moment! Imagine if one of the companies had actually had some foresight, freed up some sim slots and trained up more CRIs. They would be creaming the market at the moment by expanding into the places where the other competitors dont have the capacity. Instead they are lamenting the missed opportunities as the TRIs take up the better jobs in the jet market!
