Just in the vain of festive spirit and trying to reduce the 'humbug and depression' of the discussion; I wonder about the contradiction in using 'growing' & 'shortage' in the same sentence. Are we talking about about increasing the number of short pilots; the attempt to counter the number of short pilots; wanting to increase the lack of pilots;
or is there some other query floating around out there?
Ho ho ho. To all those looking for a job, make sure it doesn't bring tears later on. Do not enter with eyes wide shut.