are there here any pilots living in Belgium and working for netjets?
Is it possible to send me PM?
I am a pilot from air contractors
GRTZ
Dirk Libbrecht
KLM+Belgian airlines having difficult times finding pilots
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BrusselsAirlines
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You have a point there! I also saw Vanneste crying on TV and look here, I found a letter from VLM from a year or 3 ago stating "sorry sir, unfortunately you do not comply to our minimum requirement of 3500hrs on type experience..."Don't make me laugh, these were the same people who decided to offer "take it or leave it, you should be grateful we offer you a pilot job in Belgium"-contracts.
No use crying over spilled milk...
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FLY4HOURS.BE
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Well again short-time thinkers haven't bothered reading the first article on this forum. KLM is explaining this lack of pilots as being the logical result of the economical growth.
Many planes, more than ever are on order and about to be delivered in the next decade.
Who is gonna fly them?
The today's experienced 45-55 years old captains?
They will be retired by then.
The number of students in flight schools in Belgium is decreasing very strongly.
The aviation market is booming.
We need a new generation of pilots.
There is no shortage of cadets, I agree.
There is shortage of methods to make them become experienced pilots.
Imagine you graduate as cadet and you have 300 hours TT.
How the hell are you gonna make the jump to the 1000TT the most airlines require you to have?
Pay another 100000€ and fly another 700 hours?
Not economical, not ecological... just nonsense.
France is smart: it subsidises the students but a certain number of years of bond with French airlines apply (means you will need to stay with the company X years) to them and the students there are very happy with it.
I don t say they need to give tax reductions for PPL people. But when a student takes the next step, it might be interesting to secure him, to keep him in the country.
I'm paying 1500€ a month for my studies, which is more than I earn with my nightjob, and seen that the country to which I am paying valuable taxes doesn t do anything for me "because pilot studies are not approved by the vlaamse ministerie van onderwijs" I will certainly apply for Ryanair or Easy jet. Just because of the principles
Many planes, more than ever are on order and about to be delivered in the next decade.
Who is gonna fly them?
The today's experienced 45-55 years old captains?
They will be retired by then.
The number of students in flight schools in Belgium is decreasing very strongly.
The aviation market is booming.
We need a new generation of pilots.
There is no shortage of cadets, I agree.
There is shortage of methods to make them become experienced pilots.
Imagine you graduate as cadet and you have 300 hours TT.
How the hell are you gonna make the jump to the 1000TT the most airlines require you to have?
Pay another 100000€ and fly another 700 hours?
Not economical, not ecological... just nonsense.
France is smart: it subsidises the students but a certain number of years of bond with French airlines apply (means you will need to stay with the company X years) to them and the students there are very happy with it.
I don t say they need to give tax reductions for PPL people. But when a student takes the next step, it might be interesting to secure him, to keep him in the country.
I'm paying 1500€ a month for my studies, which is more than I earn with my nightjob, and seen that the country to which I am paying valuable taxes doesn t do anything for me "because pilot studies are not approved by the vlaamse ministerie van onderwijs" I will certainly apply for Ryanair or Easy jet. Just because of the principles
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