-There never has been a pilot shortage and there never will be a pilot shortage.

-The flight schools have been touting this pilot shortage since 1903 and there never has been one.

-The only shortage will be of qualified pilots willing to work at or below minimum wage.

There! I think that just about sums up the usual APC replies to the taboo "Pilot Shortage." Otherwise nothing really new in that article: Mandatory retirement at age 65 in December (2012!), fewer pilots in training due to lack of financing, fewer military pilots going commercial, etc. Also as I understood it, all eagle pilots have been recalled and they have been hiring non-stop for almost a year now. Maybe aged information?