,......... does anyone see what's NOT included in these recommendations? Here's a hint,...... it's higher pay! Duh.
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Industry Considers Solutions To Future Pilot Shortage

Aviation Week (2/3, Croft) reports that “by 2022, mandatory retirements will gut the pilot ranks at the biggest US airlines, creating a need for more new pilots than currently exist in the entire regional airline system.” This information, combined with industry growth, “is putting pressure on aeronautical universities and flight-training schools to produce more pilots to replace empty seats in the regional airlines, whose pilots generally move on to the majors.” At a pilot supply summit in mid-January, “educators, carriers, and training organizations agreed to work together to explore how to solve” the problem, coming up with ideas that include “gaining more credit for coursework...deploying public-awareness campaigns...creating a dedicated ticket tax to augment training fess, creating new loan mechanisms, and having the regional airlines or the majors provide financial support to students...for a commitment to work for them afterward.”