Well, the Great Pilot Shortage

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Author: was great while it lasted Date: 4/19/2023 8:58:50 PM +3/-22

The FW guys are going to have to face the fact that the con artists sold them yet another version of The Great Pilot Shortage.

Get Loans! Go 100 thousand in debt! Airlines are hiring! You will make millions!! yadda yadda yadda

...meanwhile, back in reality, FedEx has said that there will be no more pilot hiring through 2024. That's like, 20 months plus. No more hiring. Now.

Reports are that freight rates have crashed. Freight has a serious overcapacity now that pax airlines are doing a lot of post-pandemic flying and all there planes that can are hauling some freight in the baggage holds.

As for helicopter pilots, you say, but what about all those jobs that are being posted? Most of what you see are "phantom" jobs, jobs posted by people who post them without them being real to sell ad revenue on their sites. And many of the jobs aren't really seeking hires because their is serious overcapacity in all segments of the industry. HAA, for example. There are about 1000 air ambulances out there and only about 500 could be kept busy.

In short there is no pilot shortage, never has been, never will be . What does exist is the tendency for scam artists to sell gullible people who "have a dream" a bill of goods, and a lot of gullible people to buy said bill of goods.

Change my mind.

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