It seems weird to me that there is currently an airline pilot shortage.
Sure, the pandemic caused layoffs, but since it has been easing off, those pilots should be available to be recalled back to work by the airlines.
For some reason, that's just not happening. It's not just happening here, but worldwide as well.
According to TravelPulse:
In what is expected to be a heavy summer travel season after two years of the pandemic, airlines are facing yet another crisis just as a sense of normalcy was starting to pervade the industry.
The worldwide airline pilot shortage is so severe that it could take years to overcome, forcing carriers to resort to alternative – sometimes drastic – measures to combat the deficit.
“The pilot shortage for the industry is real and most airlines are simply not going to be able to realize their capacity plans because there simply aren’t enough pilots, at least not for the next five-plus years,” Scott Kirby, chief executive officer of United Airlines Holdings Inc. said earlier this week on a conference call according to Bloomberg News.
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