Originally Posted by
INKJET
Not a single pilot was laid off over the past winter or even offered reduced working.
This summer's shortage is less to do with poor forward planning and more to do with a wider (quality) pilot shortage in the industry, Ryanair are also having to cancel flights.
Its a viscous circle, crews hitting max hours, insufficient training sectors, bottle necks in CRC checks, Licensing, additional sim training for US operations and a lot of new aircraft.
Weirdly though BA are having no such issues, wonder why?