Originally Posted by
nancypants
Globally there’s already a pilot shortage- the likes of China are hoovering up thousands on favourable and lucrative commuting contracts, airlines like Cathay, Emirates and the US regionals are out recruiting regularly with sign on bonuses and additional perks
we’ve known several who have retired early and a few who have gone on parental leave and never gone back because of the disruption to home lives
That the likes of BA are not haemorrhaging pilots is a stroke of good luck at best. Those wishing pilots simply resign and go elsewhere should be careful what they wish for
i suppose another saving grace for BA is the lack of nice retirement jobs such as aeromedical and the like in the UK
Just to tamper your enthusiasm. CX is recruiting pilots (even senior ones) at conditions that are nowhere near what "old" expat pilots used to get.
And seniority is a big handicap at any airline. Hence little mobility.
China is a red herring. No CX pilots wishes to live there and unless you speak mandarin.
Regional US airlines, maybe. But work conditions are not as good as at BA, even without a huge pay raise.