Lack of Pilots Poses a Serious Problem for Airlines

• …will be allowed entry into Australia – otrzymają zgodę na wjazd / tutaj: pracę w Australii
• solve the problem of a growing national shortage – rozwiązać problem coraz bardziej dotkliwego braku (pilotów) w całym kraju
• grounded planes – uziemione samoloty
• cancelled flights – odwołane loty

Foreign pilots will be allowed entry into Australia on two-year work visas to solve the problem of a growing national shortage that is seeing planes grounded and flights cancelled.

• raise doubt – wzbudzać wątpliwości
• overseas airlines – zagraniczne linie lotnicze
• forced to cancel a number of its regional services – zmuszeni do odwołania niektórych połączeń krajowych

The move has been questioned by Qantas pilots who have raised doubt over the quality of pilots likely to be recruited in regional areas. The problem is that there are many overseas airlines which simply offer much better conditions to the Australian pilots. The consequences  are  aleady being felt with Qantas forced to cancel a number of its regional services.

0:18′ growing popularity of airline travel – rosnąca popularność podróży lotniczych

0:22′ growing concern about the shortage of pilots – rosnące zaniepokojenie brakiem pilotów

0:25 estimate the global need – szacować/ oceniać światowe zapotrzebowanie

1:18′ invaluable training centers for new and experienced pilot – bezcenne ośrodki szkoleniowe dla nowych i doświadczonych pilotów

1:31′ train and test pilots- szkolić i egzaminować pilotów

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“The United States and China are paying huge money.We need to look at the Chinese airlines buying up flight schools in Australia” Murray Butt, president of the Australian and International Pilots Association, which represents more than 2000 Qantas pilots.