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originally posted by: grey580
The U.S. has a staggering pilot shortage
I never thought we'd have a pilot shortage problem.
But it seems that with retirements and all the new aircraft being purchased. The numbers say we need more pilots.
22K people retiring is a large number.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: AMPTAH
They're still a long way from even single pilot cargo operations, let alone passenger flights without pilots.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
But Amazon is a fairly small percentage, comparatively, for either of those carriers.
That whole concept could be obliterated overnight by the FAA if they wanted to do it, ditto for the automated "flying cars" that Silicon Valley is all abuzz over.