Poor Pilot
....Anyone noticed the banner at the top of this forum page indicating Ryan Air's expansion and 800 jobs Pilots.etc, says it all really.....which means people move up the ladder leaving positions at the bottom for freshly qualifieds to get their feet on the bottom run of the career ladder.
People have a lot of diposable income these days, which means they go on holiday a lot which means they fly, which means there is more competition, which means more airlines which means more jobs for pilots.,Though to a point. Look around you at the expansion of aviation, the fact that existing increasing air traffic cannot be handled by NATS etc, etc
Most airlines go bust thro p1ss poor management and a lack of market awareness.(What where BA thinking when they decided they didnt want to attract the "backpacker " class of passanger)
My worry is that its such an uphill struggle to become a professional pilot , whether people will bother taking up a career in aviation at all. I'm certainly having second thoughts, and im lucky the money isnt an issue, its the old "will I get a job at the end of it all"
I think there will be a shortage of Pilots though, unless the airlines address the issue of direct entry pilots coming straight from school/university and increase the age limit of DEPs to 40 or so as people whom have "been there, done that" and whom may have managerial skills in other walks of life still have a lot to offer.
As a 36 year old whom is looking at a career in Aviation, reading various forums in this web site is begining to dishearten me somewhat, but as others say, you might well be a stooge wishing to reduce competition. I shall be observing what goes on around me and ignore so called junior econonists and trust common sense
Short of inventing the "teleporter" as a mode of transport, the future of aviation is bright (Or orange if you work for Easyjet)
A year ago, according to so called experts, the housing market would be on its arse and prices would be falling as recession bites deeper..........anyones house dropped by 10k in the last year.. i think not. In fact its the boom in the house market that may well finance my future career.Just as well I didnt sell up last year after hearing what the the gloom and doom merchants had to say isnt it.
Suggest Poor Pilot you do something more constructive and join that happy band of economists with their mindless pessimistic drivel and write for the FT before someone shoots you down in flames STICK TO BEAN COUNTING
SB