I agree I don't believe that there will ever be a pilot shortage. I would like to as I am a new CFI aspiring to work for an airline one day, but I don't think it will ever happen.
I know one guy working at a major right now and have met many others. One thing that they have all told me is that people at my stage will have good career's. I think they are referring to seniority and upgrades but I can't be sure.
Flight schools will tell you anything to get money. I understand that some schools are hurting. From what I have observed, the schools that seem to be doing the best right now are the ones with a lot of foreign students that are just going back to their homeland to fly. Once again this is just a personal observation and I have not hard stats to prove it.