Originally Posted by
Sam Ting Wong
If you actually took the time to understand exactly what is meant by the global pilot shortage or read the statistics, you'll see that it is a global PROJECTED shortage, a FORECAST of demand for the next two decades or so.
Therefore, you may not be seeing the effects of it immediately (in present time) but airlines will be prepping for it because they do try to plan long-term, despite what many of you seem to think.
This is shown in part by the ordering of aircraft, and the need to acquire / train people to pilot and crew those aircraft when they are received.
If you understood this basic fact about aviation you'd know this.