I was just talking to a friend of mine about this topic. He sat in a XJT check airman ground school a few weeks ago and had a management guy (JN for those who know) say they can't find people, very few applicants and how their plans of hiring 96 a quarter is about to be changed. He was talking about parking aircraftnext year and "when the majors hire and get you 8, E and G guys outta here, we are screwed."