Pilot re-training timelag challenge as flights return

Airlines are hopeful domestic passenger numbers will recover to pre-pandemic levels early next year …….“It’s a big challenge, no doubt about it, but it’s a really exciting time,” says Qantas’ chief pilot, Captain Dick Tobiano. Grounded pilots need to be...

Aussie pilots forecast to be in high demand

Emirates and US airlines are looking to recruit locked-down Australian pilots, leading to reported concerns that Australia will face a pilot shortage once the aviation industry recovers from its covid-induced passenger slump. According to a report in Australian...