Well the tin pot airlines are the ones that are going to be hiring and the legacy ones are asking for voluntary reducancy.
The last two airlines I have worked for have recruited at least 7 low houred FO's in the last year with a fleet of less than 10 aircraft. None of them would take an integrated pilot while my arse is still hairy. H'mm thats 14 jobs for a fleet of 14 aircraft and with BA fleet of .... they can manage 36 in the last year? And you don't get to fly visual approaches in BA. Burrp burrp auto out at 200 ft that ain't being a pilot.
BA is fecked they are asking for voluntary redundancy.
BMI is taking paying cadets for line training.
Integrated trained FI's are seen as the blind leading the blind in flight instruction.
RYR will take you money for 500 hours, bit of a **** when you though you had payed your 70K for a BA job but hey ho whats another 30k to pay to fly.
Good luck chaps
Last edited by mad_jock; 13th May 2009 at 03:42.