maybe a real pilot shortage in 2020 ?

[SpauldingSmails]

End of the world in 2012. Like he says above, interesting stuff from that Mayan calendar.

Was, "Spanish come to practically wipe Mayans out" on the calendar as well?

Guess they missed that one.

 

[Andy]

There will never be a pilot shortage.

In the extremely unlikely event one of the desirable flying jobs does not have 10,000 resumes on file, they will simply lower there standards till they get 10,000 resumes on file.

In the sixties there was not a pilot shortage. Yes good companies were hiring 250 hour pilots but the classes were filled with as many bodies as needed and there was no shortage or limit to growth.

The standards just get lowered and the classes get filled with less competitive candidates. But as the overall standards go down, the lower standards become even more competitive because then key items of employment become less quantitative and more qualitative which are much harder to define and determine.

THERE WILL NEVER BE A PILOT SHORTAGE!

Don Carty, AMR's former CEO, pretty much made that exact same statement a couple of decades ago, including the part about changing standards to meet available supply.

 

[scoreboardII]

Was, "Spanish come to practically wipe Mayans out" on the calendar as well?

Practically? How about did.
Anyway, there will be a pilot shortage when 20,000 current pilots get sick of this crap game and walk away.

 

[QCappy]

Was, "Spanish come to practically wipe Mayans out" on the calendar as well?

Guess they missed that one.

Actually it was on their calendar!

 

[hoover]

There have been pilot shortages. Just a year ago regionals were hiring anyone with a CPL and a pulse
I know (of) a man who, with only a CPL and no instrument rating, was offered a job at UAL on the condition he get his instrument rating. He did, and they did. You never know what could happen. God knows I wouldn't become a professional aviator with the way things are going.