Anyone happens to know who are the masterminds behind these clever schemes?
People who sit behind a desk believing theres a pilot shortage.
here's a fact, there isn't one, there are guys with time on type that cant get a job, T&C's are continually going down the pan. wage rises ? while the interest rate is going up, most are on a freeze or reduction, tip, look in the T&E thread on the flybe discussion.
as for flying in Africa to build time before getting that well paid job with a legacy carrier in Europe.. African operators are wanting people with time on type, just seen an F/O job in Africa on a Lear requiring 3000 total time and 500 on type as a minimum. the cheap operations running clunkers are using close to run out Russian aircraft with Russian crews that cant get a job back home, and the non-clunker operators have a pick of a bunch of European guys with currency fast eroding so can pick and choose as well. oh and Africa has plenty of pilots looking for work too.
oh and look in the R&N thread at the EASA FTL proposal thread... pilots flying fatigued are looking at being pushed further..
Getting a job overseas is getting tougher as countries are pulling down their shutters on working visas for pilots.
And with the likes of MPL's being thrown into the mix, any potential of the current recruitment lines is going to be well and truly shut down as a bunch of idiots are going to be hog tied to an MPL that they cant use elsewhere, or drop out of an MPL to convert over to a CPL at additional cost to find that the doors are shut because operators have bucket load of MPL guys that cant afford to go elsewhere and are going to have to suck up what ever they are offered, no matter how poor, because its that or the classifieds for any job.
it may not be what you want to hear and its not pessimism.. its reality.
this thread is like watching a train wreck in slow motion.