Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
There aren’t many deliveries happening right now. Airbus and Boeing both struggling with getting engines. You can order what you want, but the planes aren’t coming. By the time they do show up, they’ll be replacements.
Orders are mostly future deliveries, not much the next few years. Holding on to their existing aircraft, the airlines are going to be short, relative to planned growth and desired aircraft retirements.
And don't forget that freight train of massive retirements. We may have hit the peek, but they are still happening. When deliveries of aircraft start ramping up, pilot hiring demand will be revealed, once again.