Dominicoben
16th Apr 2014, 12:14
Next year I'm leaving school to go and do a 4year degree in japanese. Following my degree, I'm hoping be able to enroll In an FTO and go down the integrated route to getting my fATPL.
Obviously this is a volatile industry where things can happen really quickly putting pilots out of work, and the economic conditions since 08 meant that the future didn't look too bright. What is it like now? I've read that slowly things are improving, but I'm also reading a lot of articles with the 'PILOT SHORTAGE LOOMING' sort of titles. I'm aware that this isn't entirely the case, and even if it is, there are a ton of fully qualified pilots out there waiting to snatch up the jobs if they 'do' become available.
What I really want to know, is what things will be like in the early-mid 2020s (once I've hopefully become fully qualified). I know that's still a good 8 years away, but will the situation have improved by then and everyone gets jobs, or will it be like now where there aren't enough jobs and too many pilots?
Thanks for taking the time to read and answer this!
Obviously this is a volatile industry where things can happen really quickly putting pilots out of work, and the economic conditions since 08 meant that the future didn't look too bright. What is it like now? I've read that slowly things are improving, but I'm also reading a lot of articles with the 'PILOT SHORTAGE LOOMING' sort of titles. I'm aware that this isn't entirely the case, and even if it is, there are a ton of fully qualified pilots out there waiting to snatch up the jobs if they 'do' become available.
What I really want to know, is what things will be like in the early-mid 2020s (once I've hopefully become fully qualified). I know that's still a good 8 years away, but will the situation have improved by then and everyone gets jobs, or will it be like now where there aren't enough jobs and too many pilots?
Thanks for taking the time to read and answer this!