Could be wrong but it's not a pilot shortage, per se, like they still get an insane amount of applicants. They just can't hold on to experienced guys and gals after their original commitment. Its a problem that plagues pretty much every air force in the world, after a decade the BS just gets to be too much and as you move up in rank you fly less and have more and more admin crap to worry about. Driving busses for West Jet and living in Calgary instead of Cold Lake starts to look good after a while
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