PS - Mr Bigs: "When the airlines start actively recruiting again, freshly graduated CTC Wingers will have the upper hand won't they?"
No. Completely and utterly no. How could you ever think that to be true?
It will be like this:
1. Those with command experience on type and many thousands of hours
2. Those with command experience but not on that specific type
3. Those with some solid FO time on the aircraft they are operating.
4. Those without time on type but a proven record, perhaps a couple of thousand hours on turboprops or different jets.
5. Those that have perhaps only very limited jet experience (1,000 hours from FlexiCrew for instance).
6. Those that know someone in the company already.
7. Those that have paid for their own type rating.
8. CTC Wings Cadets that have graduated a long time ago (perhaps some that are already waiting), as it seems it is a strictly First Come / First Served when it comes to jobs when you finish the course.
9. Freshly Graduated CTC Wingers
See where I'm going with this?
Care to put a figure on how many people are in the first eight categories? Any idea just how many airlines in the world are merrily stocking up those first eight categories through redundancies / unpaid leave / furlough?
Please, open your eyes!!! I'm not being bitter or nasty, I just don't want to see you waste so much time, effort and cash for no reason.