The overheads of running an AOC in Europe are so high that it is virtually impossible to survive running aircraft smaller than BizJets, and the operators are mostly looking for higher experience in f/o's than the airlines do.
The end result is that the route that I and so many others used to get into aviation just does not exist any more in Europe, there are not enough light GA jobs to supply the airlines with fodder for the RHS.
100% correct. I donīt (really) blame the guys who pay their way in, I blame the authorities. JAR and EASA
could have made the licences last a lifetime. JAR and EASA
could have made TRs paid compulsatory by employers. JAR and EASA
could have stopped MPL.
Instead they aim to destroy any operator under 4-5 aircraft and head towards criminally long duty hours in order to save the airlines personell.
Now that is all in all what I call successful lobbying by the employers side.