I must be missing something here. Is this a decision to supply the entire european market with helicopter pilots, or just Sweden? 30(!!) new pilots, per year? So if this actually happens then in five years time (well, seven but you get my point) there will be 150 new low-time Swedish helicopter pilots that the taxpayers have paid around 150 million SEK (17 mil. Euro) to train.
All very good if there was such a desperate need for pilots but as far as I can tell there are many skilled, self-funded and very much unemployed pilots currently looking for any job they can get.
And if the government is worried about lack of pilots (they state the lack is of national concern) for EMS, SAR and also military, how will these new pilots get the required thousands of hours, multi-engine etc.?
Enough whining - happy days for those who get in and I wish you all the best
