As airlines around the world remain grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic, we speak to three pilots who have had to leave the industry and take up completely different jobs.
"Before we knew it, I was made redundant for a second time," says Mr Bailey. "But this time it was obviously more serious because there were no other jobs available.Mr Bailey was let go by Emirates in May of last year. He and his wife had to find their daughter a secondary school back in the UK, and then look for a house nearby.
He suggests that it is difficult for a former pilot to get on the bottom rung of the ladder in a different industry, as employers think he or she is overqualified. And he adds that it is equally tough to get a job higher up the ladder because firms are wary that pilots are not interested in doing the job long term.
Apart from a number of trips to and from China last May to bring back medical equipment and masks, his work came to a standstill. So in the autumn the 34-year-old decided to leave the industry."I was always looking for new challenges, and when this happened it gave me the opportunity to apply for a new job at an IT company," he says.
Mr Nemirovsky believes he has several key skills that helped him to get the job, and which also will help him to do well in his new role. While Mr Parker is very grateful for the opportunity, he says it is a lot of hard work and very long hours. In addition, the mining camp in Western Australia's Pilbara region is hundreds of miles from the nearest small town, which can make it very isolating.
It’s so amazing to see people in the uk not fight for their rights at all. I never thought this would happen to the britts
Lucky they can change careers in a pandemic. I would be just happy with a job. But being in the vunerable group just doesn't happen. Even if I did I am likely to be off no sick pay shortly after with a possibility of lack of life too. Still need to find work though
I suppose being a pilot has its ups and downs. ✈️
I had a pilot painting my house and he painted the stairs and he made a super job of the landing.
Yup. Common sense innit.
It happens all the time to the 95% Plebs, because they are slaves in 2021 !
It's very nice not to see them in the air all the time, also it was the planes that brought COVID here in the first place.
I hear coding is all the rage under bidens rule.
Let them learn to bake bread and become bakers. The population will be needing a lot of bread in the next 10 to 20 years to come! The poor won’t be able to afford much more than that!
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