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Old 24th September 2006 | 03:09
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Historical attrition rates at one of the big three was running about 100 pilots per year in addition to normal attrition (deaths, disability, retirements) which equated to about 35% of the pilot force. Thus every three years....a complete turnover by numbers. That outfit is estimated to be running 30-40 pilots short of needs daily thus requiring significant workover by pilots on their week off.

The costs of recruiting and initial training must be huge with that amount of turnover.
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