The pilot shortage myth has been around for as long as I can remember. I hope we see huge amounts of hiring and a ton of mainline jobs, but I'm just not that optimistic anymore. I have a bad feeling that once retirements start to happen at the mainline level, airline bean counters will find a way to grow regional operators with bigger aircraft. Management usually always finds a way to get what they want. Look at CAL for example, their mgmt wants 70 seaters real bad and will disguise it as a United Express flight to make it happen. In another thread, Alaska guys are claiming they have no scope at all.