Originally Posted by duvie
Give it time, unless high speed trains sprout up over night (not ruling that out) we're not training anywhere near enough pilots to fill the vacancy the baby boomers will leave
There are PLENTY of under/unemployed pilots across every segment of aviation to help absorb any "pilot shortage" that might occur post-2012.
Personally, I don't think it'll happen because in 2007 what we saw wasn't a shortage of qualified pilots, it was a shortage of qualified pilots willing to work for lower-end operators at their offered compensation and lifestyle.
A shortage of those able to fly and a shortage of those willing to fly for crappy pay/QOL are two very different things; after all, "top jobs" like UPS, FedEx, SWA & NetJets didn't lack for qualified applicants...