Jetstar and Virgin require 300 pilots this year. V Australia will be recruiting and I would not be surprised to see Qantas start also at some stage. There will also be attrition to overseas carriers such as NZ and Hong Kong.
Just think about that number for a moment, where are they going to come from?
There will be basically at least 300 Pilots moving out from the regionals into jets leaving a sizable hole for the Piston fellas to replace in turn leading to the entry level stuff.
There are 30 odd Pilots in Kunus waiting it out for maybe 20 Jobs. Broome usually put on around that number too. Once these guys have experience there will be 300 Multi engine jobs waiting around the country to fill and 300 turboprop jobs for the Multi engine piston Pilots to fill. There will be an instructor shortage again (of grade 1/2s) and a shortage of piston Pilots to fulfill mining requirements as guy's will not want to stick around when a jet job requires half that experience.
Will be interesting to see how it all plays out thats for sure
