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Old 12th Jan 2010, 14:45
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Agreed. Capt Sunshine, your letter is excellent and well developed, PaulW makes a very good point here in that it's not about aircraft you're flying, or how many passengers are on board (although granted, a 200 seat passenger Jet as used in your example might get the attention of those that read it) - it's about the level of experience in a multicrew environment that the pilot has amassed.

It's the introduction of pay-to-fly schemes by Easyjet and Ryanair and the likes, along with the lack of a contract of employment or reasonable pay for working prior to being line checked.

PaulW is also right in that there needs to be a structure for a pilot career in Europe. And perhaps the best way of getting this established is the creation of an institute of college of pilots that can oversee and introduce trained pilots into airlines, as you mention, similar to that of doctors or surgeons.

Of course, the big problem is that commercial aviation is just that - commercial and private. At least surgeons and doctors and the like tend to go into the NHS and so it's in the interest of the UK at least to control and manage the influx of individuals into these professions - whereas who could possibly manage the Institute for Chartered Pilots or the College of Airline Pilots? It's a great idea, and probably just what the industry needs -some regulation on pilot recruitment.
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