Originally Posted by
TimetoClimb
9k commercial airplane , that's a metric **** ton.
How many of these went on to become original certificates? Maybe 60%? Of those half might be foreign. Still several thousands of new entrants. Enough to meet the 30k in ten years projections. The airlines would like to see 80k competing for those seats. That's what's up.
I think you are heavily underestimating the percentage of foreign students getting training here in the states. Also imagine if every airline hired every applicant 5 years ago. You would have seen 3 to 5 hundred per month at Skywest alone. Times have changed.