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Article: Airlines threaten to poach military pilots
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- October 19, 1998
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THE Royal Air Force is facing a serious shortage of pilots as
civil airlines threaten to poach Britain's "top guns" as part of an
aggressive recruiting drive, it emerged yesterday.
Service chiefs warn that their ranks could be left severely
depleted unless more fliers can be persuaded to stay on until their
late thirties.
They fear that many RAF pilots, trained at a cost of GBP 3
million
each and hit by low morale through defence cuts, may be tempted by
higher salaries and more lucrative packages offered by civilian
operators.