Originally Posted by
Splanky
I have been hearing about this pending pilot shortage since starting 13 years ago. It has not even come close to becoming reality (except for a non-sustainable short stint 2006 to 2007). So, like I said above I will not believe it until I see it.
However, this article is worth reading for career pilots. It might just ultimately be more propaganda from the puppy mills. But, this website usually does a very good job with content.
December 13, 2007 "W" signed the age 65 rule into effect. Just after that the economy took a nose dive. These 2 things have made for an over supply of airline pilots and pilots in general. However, these pilots will not be able to fill the void that will be headed our way. Flight schools are shutting their doors everyday. Stack on top of that, HR 3371
U.S. House Passes Airline Safety Bill Aviation Buzz I think in the next 4 years, IF the airlines run at the same capacity many airline hiring departments could have a proverbial $hit storm on their hands...
Originally Posted by
Blueskies21
I agree that there will never be a pilot shortage, as several other people were mentioning RyanAir has never has a shortage in 20 some years. I thought that article was going to be ab-initio training which has sometimes been the method of choice for Europe but it looked to me that RyanAir was just bragging about their pay for training scheme and how much money they could get "cadets" to pay for academy training and to buy their type ratings... if this is the way "Europe is ahead of America" I hope we never catch up.
Did you read the whole article? It was talking about ab-initio and the MPL (multi-crew pilots license) being the norm for the future of their airlines. 0 time to the line.....I have a feeling that this could be a very likely scenario for U.S. airlines, sooner than we think.