Demand for cheap, pay to fly,bonded,cadet pilots set to soar.
This will obviously only apply to international carriers such as CX. With the recent FAA 1500 hour rule, there won't be any cadets flying part 121 in the US.
Never in Australia, unfortunately. Traditionally there have always been far too many pilots for far few jobs and that will not change.
Of course it won't change, due to few number of major cities in Australia and its relative distance from Europe and the US.
i guess you missed the element of sarcasm. "a pilot shortage is something that's been continually predicted since the wright brothers first flight. still haven't seen one !"
Call me humorless, but I fail to see any sarcasm in your post, hence my response. Kindly disregard if you should.