"There's no shortage. Flight schools and businesses that sell employment such as Air, Inc love to spread those rumors...but there's no pilot shortage. There never was. Don't get sucked into that noise."
Not quite sure that is true, look around you, not just in the US, but the rest of the world. Contracts companies are scrambling to find qualified crews, majors in the US are recalling, but 1 in 3 has already found another job and is intending to stay in place.
China is facing a shortage, as is the ME and it probably will grow worse as time progresses. Countries aound the world has been enioying the surplus of US and EU pilots, but that is about to come to a grinding halt, if it hasn't already. Heck, Cathay is hiring DEC as is KAL, rather unusual I think most would agree.
The hope for us all, is that this will drive wages UP.
Kind regards,