I don't mean to rain on anyones little rant or parade but......If this is alook at the next 8 years let us comapre what will happen to things outside of needing pilots to the mix to keep this "shortage" realistic. There are companies looking into flying airplanes with NO PILOTs using just technology. I think it will start with FedEx /UPS because passengers won't be afraid. Is it...all that unreasonable that we go to one pilot with small planes? We like to have people to blame but like it or not if cars are now being designed so they can not hit each other we know where they are at all times, excetera and so on. What makes us think the technology won't apply to planes in the future? And by future I mean the next 20 years, In 10 one of these ideas will hit and the "shortage" will be a non issue. Most of us take 10 years to get a careeer so you better live lean and LOVE what you do.