There is no real shortage of pilots, just a shortage of victims. Only when airlines squeal that the only way to ensure their very existence is to have a properly funded ab-initio schemes will I believe their is a real shortage. Until then, I hope unions screw the very last drop of essence, plus interest, they screwed out of us over the past 15 years or so. It should cost billions, of not we have been screwed; again!
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