Originally Posted by
aerospacepilot
. . . The supply of pilots is continuing to decrease. . . . The average age has increased from 44.6 to 47.4 over the past 10 years. . . . . the amount of commercial and ATP licenses has declined drastically over the past 4 years. . . . There is a pilot shortage in Europe. There is a pilot shortage in the Middle East. There is a pilot shortage in Asia.
Approximately 750 million passengers flew on US commercial airlines in 2006. By 2015, the FAA expects that number to reach 1 billion, and 1.2 billion by the year 2020. The amount of pilots required to fly these passengers will certainly need to increase (lets assume we need 50% more pilots by 2020). That’s another 30,000 . . .
there is no shortage of pilots in the U.S.
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only a shortage of qualified pilots at the regional/135/CFI level. There will never be a pilot shortage at the major level.
Check back in three years. It's going to be interesting.
Last edited by Ftrooppilot; 05-20-2007 at 12:45 PM.