There may not be a shortage of pilots...whatever that truly means, but there does appear to be a shortage of candidates as far as RYR are concerned. I'm talking from experience on this one, not making it up. I've seen friends apply and get invited for interviews within a couple of weeks. One guy I know of got turned around in 2.5 months, starting Line Training next week.
This together with the fact that you don't here complaints of people being left in the lurch after completion of TR anymore. Any opinions?