Why is it in crisis?
I dont see many jobs out there...?
The salaries are derisory so there cant be much demand yet. It is not a career everone can do - it suits someone who has just retired - and there is no pensions on offer.
You'll need the pension to survive. The ab-initio training to IRR is getting too expensive for an instructor wage to service the debt/investment...
How does one make it attractive for an ex-airline pilot - that is one issue..and then if they have being flying glass cockpit for years it will all seem very 'complicated' for many of them....
.. They may prefer just to sit at home and enjoy life... instread of flying round and round NDBs in the fog teaching Bloggs to pass through a check ride...