He's the head of training for one of the US majors. All the US airlines have had preliminary discussions with the Government, laying out their concerns regarding replacing the record number of retirements about to hit the industry. There are not enough qualified pilots in the US to fill all the slots opening up over the next 5-10 yrs. I have no idea what the eventual outcome will be, or the timeline, but something has to happen with this issue in order for the US airline industry to continue to function.