Hi!

Also pilot shortage in the ME (moreso than in Asia, overall) and Africa. Yes, the shortage is here, and it will slowly be coming to America. The ONLY reason the shortage is not worse in Asia/ME/Africa is that many Americans are over there, filling the gap, already.

Crap work rules? Mine were 15 hour MAX duty day. 11 hours MINIMUM rest. If our duty day was 14.X hours, 16 hours rest. Max 160 DUTY hours in a 28 day period, which was the limiting factor (Europe is 190 Duty hrs).

Many places already do 0 time FOs, but the numbers they are able to train per year are very low compared to the spots they are expected before. As you can see posted above, China may soon be hiring foreign FOs. They NEVER have before, only Capts.

India is soon to pass China as the fastest growing economy.