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Pilots and their unions contend that there is no shortage, only a perceived one, and a dearth of good-paying flying jobs that would attract new candidates. Rather than change any standards to bolster recruitment, pilots unions have pushed for higher wages for existing pilots to increase the economic attractiveness of the profession.

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Incident: Algerie AT72 at Algiers and Setif on Jul 26th 2017, flight crew permits child to control aircraft
By Simon Hradecky, created Saturday, Jul 29th 2017 01:05Z, last updated Saturday, Jul 29th 2017 01:05Z
An Air Algerie Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration 7T-VUT performing flight AH-6212 from Algiers to Setif (Algeria), was preparing for departure from Algiers when the flight crew invited a child, an orphan, into the cockpit, the child took the captain's seat. The crew videotaped the sequence, including a sequence in flight when the child, seated in the left hand seat, was manipulating the flight controls under supervision of first officer in the right hand seat and the captain on the observer's seat. The aircraft continued for a safe landing in Setif.

The videotape made it on Algerian's TV stations.

On Jul 28th 2017 Algeria's Directorate of Civil Aviation and Meteorology (DACM) confirmed the occurrence and reported the flight crew was grounded.

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