In my experience of U.K. airlines foghorn , most policy seems angled at achieving a ' quick fix ' & hence only a short term solution .
The Americans have an interesting approach to foreign pilot hiring at the moment - you have to be a U.S. citizen in order to even train on any type with a mtow >12,500lbs . Not that I'm suggesting that we draw parallels between the U.S. & E.U. but on a national level , it will be interesting to see what effect ( if any ) this policy has on future demand for pilots in the U.S.A. notwithstanding the significantly greater number of ex-military in the marketplace .