Hi!
At the job fair in Las Vegas about 10 days ago, KAL had the biggest entourage and spent the most money trying to find pilots.
I WOULD apply, but I am too old for FO and don't meet the mins for Capt.
EK is moving the same direction, with the same problems as KAL. EK HAS been lowering their minimums.
Vietnam may be starting to have this problem, also.
JetBlue and Delta just annonced hiring. The number of new pilot/PPL/Commercial Pilots/ATPs in the US have been declining year-over-year since 2000, the Flight/Duty/Rest rules will be changed to reduce the amount of flying that US pilots can do, and the requirements to be a new-joiner for Part 121 (commercial airlines) will be rased soon. There have been, basically, 0 pilot retirements since Nov, 2007 in the US. Due to all of the above, when Nov, 2012 hits, and the Age 65 guys finally start to retire, there will be a bloodbath for recruiters, and it will hit the overseas airlines that need to hire expats the hardest.
cliff
LFW