Alliance to offer perks as overseas airlines poach pilots

Alliance Airlines has said it will offer pilots new perks to join and stay with the airline after claiming overseas airlines continue to poach its staff. The airline has pledged to increase “non-monetary” incentives to boost pilot retention, as well as drive recruitment and training efforts, after “a number” of its pilots left the airline to “take roles overseas”. It comes as the industry navigates a global shortage of qualified pilots, that has seen international airlines, including Emirates and US regional carriers, add to the local problem by actively poaching Australian pilots. “These resignations [have] impacted both the training and the activity pipelines,” Alliance noted in its financial results posting for the 2022 financial year. As such, Alliance said that moving forward it would renew a “focus on increasing recruitment of pilots”, and “non-monetary incentivisation for pilots to stay with Alliance Airlines”. Alliance has rapidly expanded its E190 fleet to 24 aircraft with another nine on order.<br/>