Of course it will, but not where you think...
The demise of multi engine fighters will not allow West Jet or AC in the future to recruit pilots from the fighter group due to a lack of multi engine experience. The only pilots that will be able to compete within the civilian sector will be the multi engine transport and maritime recon pilots. There might even be reduction in application to fighters due to this. Just look at the German Luftwaffe, the LBA recognizes the Tornado as a single engine aircraft due to the close thrust lines of the two engines (No joke), the Swedish Airforce pilots and the Norweigan Airforce pilots also suffer single engine syndrome from the fighter core. Sweden operates the SAAB Grippen, and Norway the F-16. Earlier the Austrian airforce operated SAAB Draakens and the pilots also had the same problem. Time will tell, but it will definitely be interesting times. I remember reading a document that stipulated the lessons learned from Vietnam which helped direct many NATO countries to operate multi engine fighters due to redundancy etc... a JSF over the high arctic with a bird strike in the engine or a complete engine failure due to mechanical problems etc is going down, not back to the staging area.... and that will be an expensive loss...
As well, given that Canada trains on the Harvard turboprop, the BAe Hawk and then the JSF (in the future).... where is multi engine experience coming into play here with this aircraft constelation in the training?
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