I'm supposed to be starting ME/IR next week !!!. Not sure if there is any point given there are probably +/- 600 recently unemployed pilots who have plenty of experience who now suddenly find themselves back on the job market.
October is usually when the airlines start looking for the following Summer, so wanted to be in a position to be able to apply for what few jobs that may still be out there, but now it doesn't look so good.
Read on the XL thread that FR have stopped recruitment of cadets for the time being as they are aware there are now plenty of type rated 737NG pilots now looking for work.
Timing is everything in this industry. Chap at the school I'm with finished his IR about 6 weeks back and has just started on an A320 type rating course for a charter airline for his first job !!.
