Last weeks flight had a careers supplement about working in the Middle East, it made very interesting reading. Emirates need 1000 pilots over the next 3 years, Etihad need about 200. These pilots will come from all over the globe, some will come from established airlines here in the UK. TUI-fly, TCX, EZY and FR to name but a few. Which in turn moves the pilot pool along
Did you see the article in Flight recently saying that market analysts are deeply worried about the unrealistic expansion going on in the middle east at the moment, and making predictions of mass airframe order cancellations as this sinks in? Something to do with the Middle Eastern airlines double counting their pax forecasts.
Just a thought.