The scope and size of aviation in the USA is just totally beyond my comprehension. With the amount of interviews being done at Skywest, and some of the new hires spending little time on reserve, one wonders how many pilots they need until they are happy.
I suppose the new guys are coming in from the bottom just as quickly as the people moving onto bigger things are leaving, but its still insane to think about the actual size of the operation going on over there. I wonder how apparent a pilot shortage is. Would any guys over there already care to comment on whether it is a noticeable problem?