By Rory O Neill
More than half of the world s airline pilots aren t flying anymore.
Reuters reports that a survey of pilots in the UK found 43-percent are doing the job they were trained to do while 30%are unemployed, 17% furloughed and 10% have jobs that keep them on the ground.
Cathay Pacific Airways in Hong Kong cut pilot pay by 58% and Turkish Airways and Singapore Airlines have also cut salaries.
Before the pandemic there was a global shortage of pilots and the demand for aviators pushed up their salaries and working conditions.
The pilot who have kept their jobs say COVID-19 is causing in credible stress as they face scattered rules country by country and the possibility of being quarantined during normal flight rotations.
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29 Jan 2021 / 00:02 H.
Jan 29 (Reuters) - More than half of the world s airline pilots are no longer flying for a living amid the plunge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey, and those that are still flying feel less valued by their employers.
A poll of nearly 2,600 pilots by UK-based GOOSE Recruitment and industry publication FlightGlobal, released on Thursday, found only 43% were doing the job they had trained for, with 30% unemployed, 17% furloughed and 10% in non-flying roles.
Many pilots that are still flying have faced deteriorating working conditions. Hong Kong s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd , for example, instituted permanent pay cuts of up to 58%, and Turkish Airways and Singapore Airlines Ltd have temporarily lowering salaries.
More than half of the world s airline pilots are no longer flying for a living amid the plunge in demand during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey, and those that are still flying feel less valued by their employers.
A poll of nearly 2,600 pilots by UK-based GOOSE Recruitment and industry publication FlightGlobal, released on Thursday, found only 43% were doing the job they had trained for, with 30% unemployed, 17% furloughed and 10% in roles that didn t involve flying.
Many pilots who are still flying have faced deteriorating working conditions. Hong Kong s Cathay Pacific Airways, for example, instituted permanent pay cuts of up to 58%, and Turkish Airways and Singapore Airlines have temporarily lowered salaries.