Little Jet,
My try in answering your questions:
1) When donkeys fly!
2) Not enough.
3) See answer to #2.
4) Enough to sustain the pilot training schools.
5) I won't, but enough people do to keep the programs running.
6) The ones that choose to fund their programs. The waiting lists for those programs are quite lengthy.
7) Doesn't matter, most are willing to sever ties with their current employer to take the job. if offered.
8) Interesting number, "just in case" could be the inevitable failure of their current employer. Or, "just in case" could be "just in case" they are offered a position.
9) You may not think so, but the KAL hiring statistics would prove you wrong.
Pilots always have, and always will, climb over each other's backs to improve their lot in life. That is the nature of the industry. Especially the industry of the contract pilot.
