It should be one of the most pressing issues for ALPA to take on, yet I be they remain silent. Every time I see the aviation experts on CNN or Fox News talking about the impending pilot shortage, i wonder where ALPA is explaining that it's not a pilot shortage, and it's a shortage of pilots willing to work for pennies.

Sully seems to state this problem when asked about a pilot shortage during his interviews, but for some reason you don't see it when reps from ATP and the airlines are on explaining how hard of a time they're going to have finding applicants.

As everyone on this page has stated, there are thousands and thousands of pilots in the field who are sitting on the sidelines doing other more lucrative work. I work with an hundreds of former pilots, many of whom are on furlough. When the recalls started at the majors and the regionals, can you guess which group of pilots decided to accept the recall, and which ones decided to stay in their current jobs?