Thats a tricky question. The optimist in me says yes, due to general lack of interest in becoming a professional pilot. Too many people are becoming wise to the game of laying out a bunch of money and spending years gaining experience only to be furloughed. A lot of FOs I've flown with over the past few months has plans to either get out or is leaving altogether for various things. They see no upgrades in the future and their overall sense of satisfaction in the job is way low. Some may have a sense of entitlement to them, but others see it as "Im young enough, let me rearrainge my ducts now so Im not stuck".

As a pessimist, I dont see a shortage. You'll always have the "I just want to fly, I dont care what I make, its my dream" types. These types are 'Riddled' throughout this industry. They MUST keep in mind they will get older and wives, kids, retirement savings and mortgages come at you real quick. Making 25K a year sounds like a lot of beer money in college but in reality it isn't even close enough to live on.