Originally Posted by JohnnyG

Completely agreed. The old Captains I respect greatly are the ones telling me about a shortage. Can't it be that seemingly credible sources are being fed garbage by non-credible sources? The Airlines and ALPA are completely full of it.

I too have been in the trenches for the last few years, and I've seen nothing but a massive surplus of pilots willing to undercut each other and slit each other's throats for job.