Originally Posted by
CBreezy
If the government is truly concerned about the "pilot shortage," they need to commission a study to accurately determine how many of those fancy new Private, Instrument and Commercial certificates are eligible to work in the US versus international carriers.
We all need to remember the staggering amount of pilots needed to staff flying across the booming international market, especially the Asian market. A large percentage of them are being trained in the United States. Not until a real effort is made to find out how many US pilots are being trained, we will never have any idea to what extent this shortage will impact the US market, if at all.
A lot of recent studies have been conducted regarding the pilot shortage, the most notable one being
"GAO Report to Congress on Current and Future Availability of Airline Pilots"
But I think you are right, of all the training that goes on in the US, how many of those pilots will leave the country? I would think this is a report that could be generated without much difficulty. For example, there is special paperwork involved for the training of foreign students before they are allowed to be trained. My guess is though this is not in the FAA database but maybe DHS.