Hi!

The problem with hiring all the 250 hour guys, is who's going to instruct???

I just read that China needs 10,000 pilots over the next 3 years. I already knew India needed 11,000 over the next 3. They produce about 1,000 pilots a year.

So, India and China, will need an influx of 6,000 pilots PER YEAR for the next 3 years, and then it will get worse for them!!!

The US has the only spare pilots laying around, and we won't have 18K of them over the next three years!

I think when everyone (UAL/NWA/USAir/AA/FedEx/UPS) is hiring, the Ab-Initio programs will start, as all the PAX airlines will have SEVERE service disuptions,.

cliff
YIP