Originally Posted by
atpcliff
I am back at my hotel. Was supposed to fly Alaskan, to ANC. Flight cancelled. AK has been cancelling a number of flights/week, according to AK pilots, because they don't have enough pilots. To compound the problem, Horizon has had to cancel about 1/3 of their summer flying schedule due to lack of pilots, plus, Horizon is still cancelling more flights on a weekly basis...
I have friends from my former regional airline that were LCA and sim instructors with a few extra blips on their app (back in flight school) that still can't get called from any of the major airlines. There is no pilot shortage.