Originally Posted by
beeker
when I see that chart I see no shortage of people becoming professional pilots. 10k new people every year. How many retirements each year? 10K? doubt it.
I agree, at first it looks like that. However I bring this up every time this topic comes up, many of those are not Americans, maybe even the majority of them are not. Go around the country and look at some of the big flight schools, almost all of their students are Indians, Chinese or handful of other nationalities. I'm not saying there is going to be a huge shortage, I have no idea but if jet fuel comes down in price and if the world economy ever improves I think there will at one point be a pinch for pilots. How that plays out or how that will effect you and me, who knows, hopefully we can take advantage of the opportunity if it presents itself.