9. The amount of unemployed pilots in the US today would just cover the need for one year of hiring at peak levels with top retirement numbers like in 3 years from now. The year after that the aviation colleges would only be able to supply 15 to 20% of the demand.<quote>.
Another Nonsense. Majors and regionals are shrinking. Regionals are shrinking faster than you can say nuts. I say again for those hard of hearing, There is no shortage of qualified pilots in the US. There are plenty of well qualified pilots, from furloughed and working regional pilots, corporate pilots, freight pilots, and military pilots waiting for better opportunities to show up in the next couple of years. The reason why so many regionals hired so many 350 hour wonders in 2008 time frame is because very few ATP rated pilots could afford to fly for $23/hour at a regional when you can make more doing just about anything else.