Hire or train
 

Like many other wannabes, i myself too was very glad to see that Britannia will be running a sponsorship scheme for trainee pilots. However, this has roused various thoughts in my head mainly being:

Surely it would be much cheaper and cost effective for airlines to hire experienced pilots rather than put students through training at very high costs with delayed benefits, and;

If airlines are willing to train people, does that mean that there is or there is an anticipated lack of new/low hour pilots?


Maybe there are hidden benefits for airlines who train individuals from scratch that are not so obvious??!

Anyone care to enlighten me?

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