Budget airline easyJet's announcement of 330 new full-time pilot jobs has been slammed by The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), who say the company is merely switching current pilots to different contracts.
Last week, the budget airline said it would be offering new permanent first officer positions across all 11 of its UK bases as part of a move to provide cadet and first officer opportunities for pilots.
But BALPA have called the announcement 'extremely disingenuous', because new pilots were not actually being hired. Rather, contractors were being shifted into permanent positions as a reaction to growing pressure.
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