Rise of unemployed CPLs in India? You bet. Not because airlines are laying off, but flight schools are preying on children. Parents of these spoiled little brats pull on the shirt tails of Mommy and Daddy... "I wanna be an airline pilot
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Mommy and Daddy acquiesce to the child's rants. Mommy and Daddy spend $50,000 USD on PPL, CPL, MEL, IRL certificates. They return to India with certificates in hand only to be part of the problem... an increase in the unemployed Indian Aviation Market. Let's not forget all the Indians who were sacked from Indonesia for undocumented certificates, falsified logged hours, along with fraudulent documentation. More chaps to flood the already flooded market.
Tough break I agree. But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Jet Airways is actively recruiting CPLs as they are expanding their B737 fleet by an average of one aircraft per month.