puff m'call
23rd Oct 2005, 07:19
Interesting article in todays 7Days paper here in Dubai, It says:
"The Middle East's airlines need to find up to 4,000 trained pilots over the next ten years, if they are to keep their fleets in the air"
As we all know it's becoming more and more difficult to find good pilots who are willing to "up sticks" and move to Dubai, especially with terms and conditions getting worse and not better.
Lufthansa flight training and Flight Star are proposing a plan to reduce pilot training time down to 18 months in order to get pilots into the system and help the shortfall, (Oh ye and save $136,000 per cadet) you have to ask the question, what will the standard be like then? some of the pilots coming through the system now are bad enough, so what will the experience level be like when they really get desperate?
All of this will "hopefully" lead to one good outcome, a rise in terms and conditions that will attract the right person, provide a professional pilot with a professional salary which reflects the job we do and the very expensive place we live.
Safe and happy flying to all.
"The Middle East's airlines need to find up to 4,000 trained pilots over the next ten years, if they are to keep their fleets in the air"
As we all know it's becoming more and more difficult to find good pilots who are willing to "up sticks" and move to Dubai, especially with terms and conditions getting worse and not better.
Lufthansa flight training and Flight Star are proposing a plan to reduce pilot training time down to 18 months in order to get pilots into the system and help the shortfall, (Oh ye and save $136,000 per cadet) you have to ask the question, what will the standard be like then? some of the pilots coming through the system now are bad enough, so what will the experience level be like when they really get desperate?
All of this will "hopefully" lead to one good outcome, a rise in terms and conditions that will attract the right person, provide a professional pilot with a professional salary which reflects the job we do and the very expensive place we live.
Safe and happy flying to all.