As long as places like Skywest are hiring 60-70+ a month and 800 over the last year there is PLENTY of new hires out there. This shortage is not as dire as people claim.
Talked to a SkyWest capt a couple of weeks ago. He said the bottom 1/3 of their list is continuous churn...guys leaving for other regionals, guys coming in from other regionals...a revolving door. Not many new hires coming in with new ATP licenses....