I’ve spent 20 something years in US aviation and the current pilot shortage is down to a variety of things…..
Huge amount of retirements, that were delayed by upping the retirement age from 60-65.
1500 hour rule and the costs to get into the right seat of an RJ put a lot off the job.
The massive expansion of Delta and more so United.
There are other reasons but you get the idea.
United currently have 16500 pilots and want 28000 by the end of the decade. So they are essentially in a bidding war with Delta and to a lesser extent American.
We shall see how that pans out.
Last edited by Kenny; 1st Dec 2023 at 02:53.