A Real Yawner --- Pilot Shortage Take 28

[Justme]

Excerpt from the Denver Post Article:
 
"Right now, there's clearly not enough pilots who are willing to go and work at regional airlines," he said. "Most of the
regional airlines out there, the smaller carriers out there, they're reporting that they're not able to hire as many pilots as they
want."  Higgins said the shortages will leave many rural communities without reasonable access to airline services.
 
Link:
 
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_25397703/great-lakes-airlines-leaves-north-dakota-pilot-shortage
 

 

[nycbusdriver]

The article mentions that:
 
 
 

Dickinson and Williston, he said, are an exception because of the draw the oil patch brings to the area. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines began flying to oil patch airports in 2012 and 2013.

 
If that's the case, the "oil patches" should cut loose a boat-load of their petro-dollars to subsidize air service.  Not that such a thing would make a dent in any pilot shortage; it would simply cause Great Lakes to pull out of other markets that cannot afford to subsidize them.
 
In this country, it's all about the money doing the talking.  (Money is, after all, "speech" according to the Supreme Court.)