Originally Posted by Clanger32
I'm really not having a go, but the point is - newbies HAVE to have a jet job now to make it worth the investment.
But it's a trap. Airlines that sell type ratings with a promise of a job will continue to sell them and those already in are seeing a reduction in their hours when these newbies come on line. It's happening already.
There's no solidarity at these companies, the crew are all over the place in terms of contract pilots, desperate cadets and incoming newbies. It's no good telling the training captains to stand down from their positions, people need to stop buying jobs or better still seeing other ways into the industry other than straight into the right hand seat of a jet. The training industry exists, to a certain degree, to support itself and at times like these when there simply aren't the jobs to go around some people will have wasted their money.
Sad but true.