The ‘pilot market’ has been very busy for the past few months, to the point we have started taking on non-type rated people, to replace folks who are leaving. In fact we have a groundschool running at the moment, with some of the folks only having 250 hours, despite us not actually expanding.

But the industry still has a massive over-capacity issue, especially in the lo-cost sector, so it is entirely possible that one or more UK carriers may downsize within the next couple of years.