Pilot shortage causes cancellation on rural Australian routes

[bob10]

Global pilot shortage hits Australia, with cancelled regional routes just the beginning

[Bigbjorn]

There are an estimated 800,000 unemployed and under-employed in Australia. How hard is it to train pilots? After all, tens of thousands were trained in a short time during WW2.

[Eevo]

whose got a spare 40k to get trained?

[strangy]

whose got a spare 40k to get trained?

Triple it.

[weeds]

Good opportunity for UBER....

[weeds]

There are an estimated 800,000 unemployed and under-employed in Australia. How hard is it to train pilots? After all, tens of thousands were trained in a short time during WW2.

I’d say a good percentage of the 800,000 wouldn’t have the education to pass the entrance exam.....

[Bigbjorn]

whose got a spare 40k to get trained?

Declare it a tertiary course and the students then repay under the HECS scheme.

[bsperka]

Declare it a tertiary course and the students then repay under the HECS scheme.

This is already available. Griffith University offers it, amongst others.

[goingbush]

The country is stuffed, there will be aircrew on 457 Visas soon !!

[Bigbjorn]

I’d say a good percentage of the 800,000 wouldn’t have the education to pass the entrance exam.....

I bet a good percentage of those who flew Lancasters and B17's were clerks, farmers, carpenters, etc. and never finished high school. Are not airliners almost automated these days and the pilots job is to talk to the controllers, take over if something fails, drink coffee, and fondle the stewardesses.