Originally Posted by
johnso29
Flight schools are booked? Where are your numbers from? How many are US citizens that will stay in the US? How many are foreigners that will get their tickets and go back home? How long will it take those that are staying to get their 1500 hours?
You can't claim that pilots will come simply because the economy is picking up.
As far as foreign students "returning home": I personally have flown with a handful of them at RAH.This is America(where EVERYBODY wants to be). Few people come here because they wanna leave. I understand that a small percentage of those foreign students have obligations to their nation, but most don't. Just like farmers et al standing on the border taking in illegals, all bb has to do is hold a sign outside these Florida pilot factories and there goes his shortage.