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Old 31st Mar 2012, 22:08
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Keg

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Good April Fools joke.

In terms of actual information, we are still at least 60 crew over establishment at the moment- at least according to the Chief Pilot a week or so ago- and we have 180 pilots on long term leave without pay. There are a significant number of 744 F/Os and Captains who were on assigned annual and long service leave at the moment.

That said, earlier predictions I made are spot on. They are starting to get short in certain categories (767 F/Os for example) and are managing the shortage by avoiding training new crew as it too is only until April next year when the next 767 is due to retire.
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