Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics says nothing of a pilot shortage. Actually it predicts a minor contraction (8% growth is less than average or 12%; see charts in the link below), and the growth will not even be concentrated at the majors, it will be mostly at the regionals within the airline subsection.
USBLS
Interesting.
According to a recent
report by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, there are 11.3 pilots per aircraft among the 37 passenger airlines who reported data in 2009. That's a 10 percent decline from the previous year (12.6). In 2007, there were 12.1 pilots/aircraft (among 36 reporting airlines). The report lists just one other year, 2000, which was 13.3 pilots/aircraft (30 airlines).
What do those numbers mean to you? More aircraft? Less pilots?