Originally Posted by Cubdriver

To the contrary, strong evidence supports the notion there are many more pilots in the US than there are airline jobs. See the FAA active airmen stats for example. Those pilots do other things than fly for regionals, like work at Home Depot and sell houses, people like me who left the industry, because the regionals will not support a middle class lifestyle or guarantee anyone a job at a major. So there is no shortage in the US, just an industry that is addicted to cheap labor and wants it to come back again. That's what this summit is really about.