30 Sep Living the dream? Post-pandemic pilot market
by Marco Calegari “BM8LT Cleared for Landing rwy 15 !” On 22 February 2020 it was the last time that I heard this sentence. My Name is Marco and I was a...
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09 Oct Last in, first out: Female pilots bear brunt of airline job cuts
An industry-wide campaign to recruit more female aviators is under threat, dealing a blow to efforts to overhaul the male-dominated airline sector as the coronavirus crisis transforms a shortage into...
09 Oct No new pilots needed for ‘very long time’: Lufthansa training arm (FlightGlobal)
Lufthansa’s in-house flight academy has advised student pilots to consider other careers as the industry will not require them “for a very long time”. Source: FlightGlobal...
15 Feb Air France opens 2018 cadet pilot programe – and will pay for training
Air France has opened its latest window for its cadet pilot programme with the surprising revelation that it will pay for training from ab initio right up to First Officer. This...
15 Feb BBC: Why have we got a pilot shortage?
Pilot shortage is just around the corner, or at least this is what media headlines say. Take such videos with a pinch of salt. Often aspiring pilots underestimate how volatile the...
19 Jan How the high-flying job of a pilot lost its glamour
Wages, length of training, cost of school among reasons the profession struggles to attract new recruits, writes Kyle Bakx, CBC News. "A pilot's life is not easy. The scheduling is not easy,"...
05 Dec Making ends meet: Pilots, pay and stereotypes
by Nancy Jackson, BALPA Media and Communications Officer For some time, BALPA has been aware that when it comes to money the image of what a pilot earns may be quite different...
25 Oct Becoming a pilot? I would actively discourage it
A little over eight years ago, in 2009, I finished my pilot training at a Swedish flight school. As the world was still recovering from a financial crisis there were...
19 Sep Becoming a pilot: the good, the bad & the ugly
I want to tell you something no-one else will: becoming a pilot is not always a good idea. It sounds provocative, I know. Especially, coming from an airline pilot, who is...
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