Originally Posted by
Pilotchute
Can we safely say that pay and bonuses now have bought enough people back to aviation plus enough people entering at the bottom? Or will the well run dry again soon?
Look at the demographics. More mandatory retirements than ever before, fewer military fixed wing pilots than ever before, declining experience levels pretty much across the board. Yet more aircraft and more flying are here and more yet still coming.
There has been a hiatus in hiring to cover all the summer flying, and because of all the parked MAX’s, but it’s about to start up again.
The well has never run dry and never really will, but we got pretty near the bottom of the barrel 2 years ago, and it’s going to get worse (or, depending on your outlook, better) for the next 3-5 years.
https://youtu.be/99lyU5N--f8