Originally Posted by
SAABaroowski
I dunno, too good to be true, if I ever get to CAL, I'll probably be too old and crusty to appreciate it/enjoy it
I think the gov't and the airlines will do every thing they can to prevent a shortage, I bet we would see Newspaper/TV ads for "BECOME AN AN AIRLINE PILOT via the newest and greatest program ..............MPL" much like what you see for the Devry Technical school commercials.
Although if Age 65 never happened and the economy at least stayed where it was it would have been great for Pilots, however thats like saying if I won the lottery I would be rich............
So much changes in such little time, one thing for sure is 9/11 has taught these airlines how to run razor thin staffing models

and get away with it
I think I'm going to have to agree with JetJock here ... I don't think there will ever be a true pilot shortage as long as regionals are willing to hire pilots right out of the academies with 300TT and 50ME ... We all know what ATP is and other schools just like it ... whip em up, build em up, poop em out, send em off