Originally Posted by
PNWFlyer
Has anyone really looked at the other issue DAL, UAL and AA are going to face in a few years? Forget the Black Swan, what happens when there are no longer 1,000 pilots a year to hire (at each... and don't forget the others)? It is likely going to happen in a few years.
HB1B visas?
There are quite a pilots who would love to come here.
Expats returning?
Many would like to come back.
'Lower tier' new hires?
It always cracks me up when I hear, "OMG, we might have to take 'lower tier' pilots." By whose subjective standard? Remember Erich Hartmann? He was at one time considered 'lower tier' after some difficulties. Went on to have 352 confirmed kills in WWII. 'Lower tier' often becomes 'upper tier' due to many factors.
There will be no pilot shortage.