Originally Posted by Andy

Yes I have. Have you bothered to read what is included in the demand for pilots? It's only the 11 largest US airlines. I'm not sure if cargo's included in that data and we know for sure all non-121 operations are not included. And there's likely a whole lot of fibbing when one drills down on the numbers.
Anyone who looks at the resumes of pilots currently being hired at the majors and states that there isn't a pilot shortage is clearly OK with hiring pilots with multiple pink slips, DUIs, and other things that would previously have disqualified them from being hired.
Question: if there's no shortage of pilots, why are regionals having to close up shop in spite of decent pay rates?
Stop trying to gaslight me claiming there's no pilot shortage. It's flat out false.