Pilot shortage? It is a myth in Civil Aviation anno 2017!
Various articles are flowing around the Mass Media with one single reason. Commercial Flight schools & low-cost carriers are just interested in increasing their max. profit - and how do they get more on the bank account? By getting more pilot aspirants paying 60-120k EUR for the initial training & additional 30-40k for the TR at appropriate training centers (Guess what: Majority of them in EU are privatized now and under control of CAE/OAA).