I take a moderate stance myself. Worldwide (or more likely just Asia) we will experience acute pilot shortages for the next decade and a half. Here at home, accelerated career progression. I've learned to be happy with the prospect of career progression rather than wanting all out chaos. Even though the ratio of postitions to candidates is likely more favorable than its been in decades, the fact remains it is a lucrative profession that beats out many other careers the modern economy offers and therefore will always have a healthy level of interest. I seriously doubt regionals will close up shop until it makes financial sense for the majors to bring all that flying back in house. A new airframe could do that ? Or increased competition from LCCs but I doubt staffing will force a major overhaul of the business model, just modest wage adjustments like we are seeing at 9E. I bet the wages at 9E will be adequate to attract candidates for years to come.