It sounds like atpcliff actually believes this crap; what's up with that?!
I am a HY major...I read about UAL hiring guys in High School, with a PPL. That was the mins for UAL back then, and I know it could happen again...it is coming...
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
It doesn't matter what they say, because US jobs are a very small part of the pilot shortage...which is why so many countries are now courting US pilots...
Those charts are COMPLETELY misleading. You need to look at NEWLY licensed pilots...not existing. And the pilots on the misleading charts, as well as the ones for new pilots, show ALL US licenses. Many flight schools are filled to the brim with foreign cadet pilots. Do you think a chinese pilot, with no green card, and his training paid for by China Southern will be applying at DAL anytime soon???