Thread: The pilot shortage is over:
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Old 04-17-2024 | 04:13 AM
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jerryleber
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Originally Posted by Andy
I don't know of any time that the minimum qualifications have been lower than now.
The jet boom (1965–1968)

People like Juan Trippe of Pan Am and Howard Hughes of TWA had no intention of inaugurating a pilot shortage when they began buying jets in the late 1950s. But these whisper-quiet magic carpets caught on quickly with a newly affluent flying public, beginning an era of glamorous travel, with Sinatra crooning "Come Fly With Me" in the background. The airlines hired pilots as fast as they ordered jets. United famously hired zero-time college graduates and paid for their training—from scratch!

http://www3.alpa.org/portals/alpa/magazine/2001/Feb2001_ShortHistory.htm#:~:text=The%20jet%20boom% 20(1965–1968)&text=The%20airlines%20hired%20pilots %20as,with%20the%20coming%20of%20jets.
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