Originally Posted by
fadec
It's a training shortage, not a pilot shortage. There are still plenty of 1500+ hour qualified guys on the street but the airlines can't train them fast enough. So a flight cancels and they cry "pilot shortage" when they actually should be saying "demand is back and we downsized for covid and now we can't train fast enough, plz help".
Yep I know a few guys sitting at home getting paid bc the regional they got hired at can’t train them. Why? Bc the instructors keep leaving. Why bc the majors pay better. No shortage of 1500hr pilots. Shortage of money.