Heliport,
The worldwide pilot supply/shortage issue is a topic with some merit today. The global nature of our industry, with the ability to move within the various sectors to some degree affects all of us.
The effect of high costs for training in the UK...prompted schools in the USA to offer CAA and later JAA courses. Students with the right Visa could hang around a bit and do some instructing to build hours.
Pretty much all nationalities have been able to find a way to work in the Middle East and Africa no matter the license held. The availability of work and pay levels in the Home countries affected decisions for foreigners to venture forth to those places. The overseas workers reduced the home country supply of pilots and thus changed the dynamics of that situation.
There is a shortage of experienced and capable pilots in the USA...the job adverts show that. The number of operators showing up at the HAI Job Fair is at least double that of last year and includes a couple of foreign operators as well for a change.
The pressing issue for the Helicopter world is how the industry can recruit, train, and retain pilots. That is something the industry has got to find a solution to.
I would suggest the Rotorheads Forum is the exact right place for this discussion as it is not isolated to just one company or one country.