Originally Posted by CBreezy

But you can't make that delineation. In an experience based career, a shortage at the lowest levels should be the most concerning. If there are no instructors then there can be few students. If there aren't any students, there won't be anyone to fly cargo or 121 regional. In the short term, the majors can absorb regional flying but then you risk upsetting the balance of profits. Ticket prices go up or management comes after wages. Cargo carriers would get priced out and packages would go to trucking or rail. There is a point of diminishing returns. You can't keep raising wages without any sort of blowback.