You may be right regarding foreign FOs on the Bus at LPE, as the LAN/Master cadet flight school is churning out enough FOs to keep up with crewing needs. Probably no need to hire foreigners in this capacity. However, no union block as far as I know, and we had a union meeting 2 days ago. Talk of limiting the foreign staff to 20%, just talk, not set in stone yet.
Foreign DEC still arriving, (2 recruitment roadshows in MAD and 1 in Bolivia last Oct/Nov). There are very experienced FOs from Iberia, Air Europa and AeroSur joining as DEC on the Bus, I had a long chat with a 10,000hr A330 Air Europa FO joining LPE.
The 70 pilots for 2013 was announced at last months pilot/management meeting.
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LAN >> Capitn Airbus 319