nonsense... I have a few friends who are still flying in the military.. you guys are fooling yourselves..

The Air Force alone is 550 fighter pilots short now, and doing everything they can to retain pilots sure, but in the end after a 9 year commitment, these guys in their early 30's are going to all be looking for a job at the majors.. never mind the 1000s of transport and Army (they have a lot of fixed win as well), and Navy/Marines pilots.. Right now at UAL and DAL more than 1/2 the new hires are military. When you see them drop college degree requirements, and start to hire white males from the right seat of regionals, we can start to talk shortage.

I don't see it. I see a shortage at the regionals for sure, but as they continue to grow due to lack of good scope language (given up a decade ago), the jobs will not be created at the mainline, but rather at the "regional".. Sorry, to rain on the parade but this is reality.