Originally Posted by
runway16
Er, but what about all the unemployed, fired or furloughed experienced pilots now flipping burgers or stacking shelves on the back of the clock ??
You might be surprised at how many of them don’t want to go back as they found other things to do or started early retirement. Covid made a lot of people realise that there’s more to life than what they were doing before it happened. Plus don’t forget there was already the “global pilot shortage” before Covid.