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Airline-Pilot Shortage Arrives Ahead of Schedule
Pilot Retirements and New Rules on Training and Rest Hurt More Than Expected

By SUSAN CAREY and JACK NICAS CONNECT
Feb. 3, 2014 8:15 p.m. ET
A shortage of qualified pilots has hit U.S. airlines sooner and more severely than expected, leading the airlines to accelerate hiring and cut some service.

The shortage flows from both a long-anticipated wave of pilot retirements and recently enacted rules that require an increase in training for new pilots and more rest for existing aviators at passenger airlines.

Regional airlines—which offer meager starting pay and tend...