Originally Posted by
PineappleXpres
The bottleneck for employment is soft cargo demand, unprofitable smaller airlines, and delays in aircraft deliveries driving a pilot surplus. Yes there is a surplus again. Applicant pools are full and poolies are waiting 7-9 months for class. You can add 2 years to that figure with 67. All WITHOUT a drop in demand. What am I missing?
I'll believe the pilot shortage is over when airlines stop hiring
1) pilots with multiple pink slips
2) pilots with less than 4000hrs
3) pilots with DUIs and are enrolled in HIMS
4) Pilots without a college degree
5) pilots with green cards
There's never a shortage of pilots. All you need to do is change minimum qualifications. And I don't know of any time that the minimum qualifications have been lower than now.