Originally Posted by
RemoveB4Flight
Not sure I understand. Are you insinuating there is no pilot shortage? There used to be a lot of not believers but the way things have been in the last year (regionals falling over each other begging for pilots to work for them when they hit 1500 hours and constantly one upping each other on compensation to try to attract new hires) I honestly didn't think there were too many left that would try to say there isn't a shortage of pilots.
I see in another of your posts that you are approaching 1500 hours this January and have "regionals knocking at your door". Not sure if you're aware, but that was not typical for regionals until lately when they started having difficulty finding applicants.
The term "shortage" is a political term, not an economic term. In a free market when the demand rises the compensation should rise until the supply meets the demand. The airlines have been holding down the pay and talking "shortage" when the problem is lack of pay. I have a lot of experienced friends who are not going to work for 35k a year. Along with commute or other costs it is not worth it for a lot of guys who don't have 30 years left to fly. Show me the money and there will be a lot of pilots who will come fly.