What the New US Tariffs Might Mean for Europe – and the Pilot Job Market
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With the US announcing broad new import tariffs — up to 20–25% for the EU — we’re likely heading into a demanding period for global trade. While politicians are already talking retaliation, the real-world effects on Europe could be serious, and not just political noise.
Airlines might hit the brakes (…) on hiring or fleet expansion if passenger demand or cargo volumes drop due to slower economic growth. This could especially hitnew or low-hour pilots. What do you guys think?
Worried-Ebb-1699@reddit
It’s a guarentee that hiring is/ will be impacted by this. How much is TBD. But all us airlines are reevaluating their hiring needs. While they have not outright said “we’re not hiring due to tariff BS” they have stated publically they’re re evaluating.
Tie that in with Boeing fiasco and PW engine issues and you get a cascade of mayhem
VirtualButton9686@reddit (OP)
Hopefully it will come to some agreement. I dont think it will have a huge impact on atleast the European market for now. As the CEO of Airbus himself stated, he will give European Airlines aircraft orders the priority over the American ones.. so I personally think that will «tank» some of the effects.. but we will notice it for aswell, for sure.
Worried-Ebb-1699@reddit
Yes. Your thinking is correct for EU.
That nugget of info will affect us airlines considerably.
VirtualButton9686@reddit (OP)
Sucks.. I had some of my ATPL down in Texas in 22 and the american people i met there had several job offers a week it felt like. The bubble in this industry is always so short
Worried-Ebb-1699@reddit
And whatever you do, don’t be made to feel like you’re failing because others truly got lucky in the bubble. Like, there’s no other metric.
lil_layne@reddit
The airline industry will definitely take a hit. The legacy airline stocks are already down 30-40% in the last month and they will probably continue to go down. Not only is US tourism already plummeting so people won’t be flying to the US as much, but the tariffs are going to increase operating costs for airlines too which is an objectively terrible combination for airline companies.
Dependent-Place-4795@reddit
And business travel will decrease too along with ordinary consumers
ltcterry@reddit
My best guess is that the Germans will drop import tariffs on American cars. It's a zero issue since no one imports American cars. But they export lots of cars to the US.
It's kind of hard to fault the idea that if the wealthy, industrial Germans want to charge some tariff on our cars that we should have an equivalent on theirs...
I don't see a massive change.
DrRichtofen18@reddit
Crystal ball unclear but doesn't look good
Friendly-Flan-1025@reddit
Only constant in this industry is change. Either good or bad. Best thing to do is make sure your slosh fund is full and hang on tight for the ride. And this is for all countries not just Europe vs USA
VirtualButton9686@reddit (OP)
For sure mate, good thing my slosh fund is spilled on a320 tr
Friendly-Flan-1025@reddit
Would’ve been better to spend that in the bar!! Hope it all works out for you.. and the rest of us
Yesthisisme50@reddit
I think no one knows
squawkingdirty@reddit
Big if true
rFlyingTower@reddit
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With the US announcing broad new import tariffs — up to 20–25% for the EU — we’re likely heading into a demanding period for global trade. While politicians are already talking retaliation, the real-world effects on Europe could be serious, and not just political noise.
Airlines might hit the brakes (…) on hiring or fleet expansion if passenger demand or cargo volumes drop due to slower economic growth. This could especially hitnew or low-hour pilots. What do you guys think?
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