Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
There's no shortage. We have a temporary artificial demand following an unprecedented spin-down with Covid; we're working through a rebound effect. The myth of a pilot shortage had been bantied around for decades, and has always been a lie used to sell flight training and magazines.
Even before covid we had near six figure signing bonuses and dramatic upward pressure on wages. The shortage was and is real, but you’re also seeing spin up in new pilot starts as a result