November 1 2007
The 2007 election campaign currently under way in OZ has highlighted the looming worldwide pilot shortage
Campaign organisers were forced to hire overseas aircraft and crews after "discovering" there was a chronic shortage of Australian charter planes
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Government campaign followers will be flown around in a Croatian aircraft in the next few days ....meanwhile
The opposition campaign followers were introduced to a French jet complete with French flight staff yesterday -
what es zee "Slippery Dip"? - La glissière d'évacuation ...oui!
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—•— Update 5/11/2007 - Rex Suspends Queensland Flights due Pilot Shortage —•—
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Regional Express (Rex) has suspended all flights on its only Queensland route because of pilot
shortages
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RPT flights between Brisbane - Maryborough commenced only a month ago are now suspended until further notice
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News Desk Comment
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The current pilot shortage is the direct result of OZ Government policy "depressing" the light aircraft industry
around 20 years ago which at the time was turning out more pilots than the industry was capable of employing
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