Doesn't matter much
Having come out at a low-cost operator would have been a career ender, official loss of license or not. Calling in sick is not good for the profit margins and they do not have the protections that staff at the old state airlines still have to some extent.
The undercurrent that things are amiss has always been there, but it usually gets drowned out by other, more important news. In the wake of this disaster, though, the situation has been getting at least a bit more exposure.
Some of the things that have come out are that a good number of young pilots, like Lubtiz, are paying the opertors to fly. It is their only hope of recuperating the money spent getting their license. And 20% of all the pilots are "contractors". I.e. they fly at the beck and call of the operator for next to nothing, but are expected to keep up with training and regulations on their own dime.
Add all that to the stress inherent to the job, and it is a wonder that depression has not reached epidemic proportions yet. Than again, maybe it has as no one dares to talk about it.
The undercurrent that things are amiss has always been there, but it usually gets drowned out by other, more important news. In the wake of this disaster, though, the situation has been getting at least a bit more exposure.
Some of the things that have come out are that a good number of young pilots, like Lubtiz, are paying the opertors to fly. It is their only hope of recuperating the money spent getting their license. And 20% of all the pilots are "contractors". I.e. they fly at the beck and call of the operator for next to nothing, but are expected to keep up with training and regulations on their own dime.
Add all that to the stress inherent to the job, and it is a wonder that depression has not reached epidemic proportions yet. Than again, maybe it has as no one dares to talk about it.