Kenny wrote:
"Within 5 years I believe we will see a pilot shortage second to none."
Keep on wishing. We heard that for the last 20 years even as the T & Cs eroded continuously. There is still an infinite number of ball pens further east. The industry has long left any reasonable sense of cost vs. safety, just look at the Max problem, and anything that walks away on two legs after you shake a palm tree will do for the likes of TC et al.
It will be a matter of how many jobs at what levels are available and how low the average pilot is willing to go, before the below par mass is considered. But there will not be a shortage of the latter, believe me.