Just how successful the MPL will be is still uncertain as of course no MPL license has yet been issued. However if the MPL isn’t a success, there are going to be a lot of airframes parked up in deserts as no one else has come up with an alternative solution to address the pilot shortage
I have my doubts about the whole thing. I often wonder if the whole MPL concept was dreamed up on the basis of false information.
MPL's are for future FO's.... But where is the shortage of FO's in the world, the place where there just aren't any left to hire? Or you can't find an expat to do the job?
If there is a shortage, it's of highly experienced, highly specialized pilots such as TRE and TRI.. Not 250 hour FO's.
So I just don't see why we need this program.
There is no shortage of FO's wanting to work.
Just look at the wait list to get on an Eagljet program... Pay to work for free.