Originally Posted by conquestdz

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-aviation-shortage-insight/u-s-airlines-tap-army-helicopter-pilots-to-ease-shortage-idUSKCN1PH0CO

The article is mostly about recruiting helicopter pilots for the regionals, but there is a very informative and sobering interactive chart in the middle of the article showing how we are doing compared to our peers. It looks like "Ala5ka" is actually more like "Ala7ka" and trending towards "Ala9ka".