Originally Posted by
ninerdriver
I only came out of the woodwork to the regionals because the pay increased as it did.
If regionals increased wages another $20-30K, then (I think) you'd have even more second career folks stepping up to the line.
Thus, I don't believe in a pilot shortage. I do believe in a small shortage of pilots willing to make what we're paid now.
Exactly. There is no true pilot shortage, just a shortage of pilots still willing to work for literally poverty wages. The companies that recognized this change and raised the pay are not experiencing any pilot shortage.
The companies that shut down due to a lack of pilots refused to adapt and refused to raise pilot pay appropriately.
For a very long time, people grew accustomed to poverty pilot wages, due to a surplus of willing pilots. Long term poverty wages led to an apparent shortage in some companies. In my opinion, there is neither a pilot surplus nor a shortage currently. It’s more balanced today than the past several decades.
Plus with OK starting wages today, many more people are completing flight training with a goal of entering the pilot career. I don’t see any pilot shortage in foreseeable future.