Yesterday at a press conference in London Airbus announced they anticipate $3.1trillion worth of aircraft (some 25,000) will be delivered over the next 20 years (not all for airbus). They also anticioate RPK's will increase 4.7% on average yearly until 2028. I must say everyone at the conference, myself included were amazed at just how positive they were about the future.
See Airbus' press release
here.
If airbus are right, surely with all the extra passengers more pilots are going to be needed.