A poll of more than 1,700 pilots by British-based Goose Recruitment and industry publication FlightGlobal, released on Wednesday , found 62 per cent globally were employed and currently flying, up from 43 per cent a year earlier.
But in the Asia-Pacific region, the worst-hit globally by a drop in international travel due to tough border restrictions, the proportion of those unemployed rose from 23 per cent to 25 per cent. The region also had the lowest number that were employed flying at 53 per cent. Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways, a large expatriate employer in Asia, has lost hundreds of pilots through the closure of its Cathay Dragon regional arm as well as almost all of its overseas bases during the pandemic.amid strict layover rules that leave crew members locked in hotels when they are not flying.
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