China-based airlines are putting up lots of cash to recruit foreign pilots

Wikimedia Commons China is promising big paychecks in an effort to lure experienced foreign pilots to the country to meet skyrocketing air-travel demand. As the world's fastest-growing aviation market, China will have 7,210 commercial planes and 100,000 pilots over the next 20 years. The country will need to hire 100 pilots per week over that period, according to a Bloomberg report published on Wednesday. "When we ask an airline, ‘How many pilots do you need?,’ they say, ‘Oh, we can take a...