Is China Eastern Airlines short of pilots?

According to the strategic development requirements of China Eastern Airlines, it is necessary to reserve pilots in advance. In 2022, the company plans to recruit 35 high school flying students in Beijing in the form of school-enterprise cooperation with Beihang University and civil aviation university of china.

China Eastern Airlines Group Co., Ltd. is a wholly state-owned company directly under the central government and one of the three major state-owned backbone aviation enterprises supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.