Indeed an important development. I was suprised nobody picked up on this before.
I know that easyJet recruiting staff were in Stansted on the day of this announcement looking to hire crew.
This development potentially puts hundreds of pilots into the queue containing Joe Wannabe. They join at the head and not the back of the queue...
Just pray a major airline doesn't go to the wall over the coming months. Gulf War 1 took Air Europe and Dan Air over the edge during a period of recession. As I hear it holiday bookings are 14% down on last year, Germany and Japan are dragging us all into a proper recession and Brent Crude whistled past $35 a barrel. House prices are on the slide, they have to have tanks at Heathrow and the Chancellor is slapping extra tax on tickets.
The wheels could come off all this very easily.
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