A British Airways spokesman said that the airline had not encountered problems hiring pilots so far because of its status as “an aspirational carrier that pays very competitively”.
I would be interested to hear what BA said about hiring, retaining and training of Engineers. I'm not sure its considered as an "aspirational" carrier by engineers.
Also, are there figures relating to the number of aircraft in service in the UK and numbers of pilots and engineers over, say, the last 10 years?
Have to admit that when I first read this my feelings were largely shallow...
However having had time to reflect, I guess this could be a huge problem.
I guess that time will tell.
LP