JuxofMarlow,
Well said. Another blow to the thousands of heavy turboprop pilots looking to move onto jets and of course the already rated jet pilots looking to come back to the UK. The rungs in the ladder are well and truly frozen for all and forever! I will be stuck in GA flying light turboprops it seems.
Can't find talent in the current pool of fATPL's; my ass. I know loads of genuinely good guys/gals and they are solid aviators looking for a break.
The only winners here are CTC and of course Virgin by virtue of the reduced vat bills and offset to profits by deducting training costs.
I never imagined this rot would set into VA. Gonna be interesting swapping life experience stories in the cruise between the old herc skippa and the 20 year old bruv; innit!