73adict
"I wonder what could possibly be the reason for there being more pilots!!!"
Think what you have just said through.....
In the old days, lets say we flew 5 million pax from gatwick and needed 10000 pilots (imaginary number)
Now we fly 31 million so should need 60000 odd pilots.
Good so far?
However, we have
even more pilots to create a glut!
It is now so easy to get a licence that we have well over 6 times as many even though the terms and conditions are vastly worse for the majority.
You have just proved my point.