For the companies a shortage of pilots means they can't get what they want at the price they want to pay.
Advertise a right seat jet job with a free endorsement and $250 000 salary for bare CPL holders and you will be fighting them off with a stick.
Advertise a B777 Captain position requiring check and training approvals 10 000 hours total/5000 command on type offering a $100 000 salary and I doubt you'd get a single response.
There is NO shortage of applicants for airline F/O positions from pilots with a new licence/no endorsement/no time on type/no jet time etc.
There is a shortage of endorsed/experienced/high standard jet captains in the growing markets of Asia and the Middle East, with companies in less desirable locations and those who offer lesser terms and conditions finding it worse.
In Asia an A320 Captain with a good licence who performs well on a sim check can walk into a job virtually anywhere right now, especially a trainer. Less desirable locations such as inland China are having to put some attractive $$$ on the table.
Hold files are still full of applicants who will need lots of training and $$$ spending on them. Bins are full of applications from those totally unsuitable.
Last edited by Metro man; 23rd Sep 2011 at 06:25.