I read in the regional forum that airlines like American Eagle are being picky about whom they want to hire, in spite of its having hardship in staffing airplanes. This does not seem like a shortage to me even on the regional level. And let's not even start with low-time jobs. Those are as scarce as an innocent senator in Congress, not to mention that for each one there will be like one position open and 500 applicants sending resumes. The majors will never be confronted with a shortage, bar something extraordinary happening which is currently unforeseeable to us. At the end of the day, there is no shortage!