Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
I'm not going to sit here and argue about this stuff. Take it up with the FAA statistics people. If you wish to believe there's a pilot shortage I doubt any number of facts will deter you. The airlines are only short on people who will work for low wages, that's all, and it is not a pilot shortage by any common definition.
And your terrible facts suggest that there are 70,000 people waiting in the wings. Think a little man. That's ridiculous. Your conclusion is wrong.