Am I the only one who noticed the graph?


Look @ the drop in PPL's. There may not be a professional pilot shortage (or at least pilots willing to work for pennies to fly a jet), but there is certainly a pilot shortage coming.

Take a look @ 2010 - 50% of licenses are Commercial, 20% are ATP's! It increasingly looks like 1 out of every 2 pilots who is starting up is thinking they are going to fly professionally. We, as current professionals, are doing a disservice to these guys, or allowing these pilot mills to fill their heads with fantasies - these guys are in for a world of hurt if an ATP (or even more than a wet CMEL) is ever required to fly professional.

What are we doing about it? Nothing. When's the last time you were @ the local FBO? If you were, were you telling people what a poor choice it is these days, or bragging about how great it is to fly a jet? We have only ourselves (and our egos) to blame.

Who woulda' thunk it - a shortage of pilots, yet an oversupply of pilots wanting to fly professionally.