While the GFC has caused damage to the carrier and aviation industry as a whole, I'd say it shouldn't have much effect on the recruitment of cadet pilots. It takes at least 1.5 years for a cadet to get from his first Grob flight to getting CTL in a B777, so by that time the economy should have run up a bit, people come and gone, and aircraft should have started coming in steadily albeit slowly. Graduating cadets who cannot immediately get into the company are put onto a holding pool anyway, so IMO CX should keep recruiting cadets for its pilot reservoir, given they are likely to replace direct-entry pilots in the long-run.
CX have selections put in place for Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Vancouver next month, so I'm not quite sure things are slowing down substantially? I'd say the long wait of around 6 months is just a common occurence now.
Last edited by holdmetight; 9th Mar 2010 at 05:40.