Plenty of ATP qualified pilots around. No shortage. But there's a shortage of pilots willing to work for these wages. At some airlines. Pool is drying up. Regionals are now taking just about anyone with an ATP or mins to qualify for one. The noise is being made because the regionals can't pick and choose who they get anymore. Still plenty of aviation school grads for the next couple years, and mil guys, but I don't think we will be in a situation where we don't have enough qualified Americans who have ATPs and could get Medicals if pay was commensurate with experience (enough to become an airline pilot should be enough to justify livable wages).