> “I think the pilot crisis that the planet is facing is real,” Neumann said. “You know it’s a very global world and airplanes are critical, but there’s just not enough pilots…”

I’ve heard this for years. And yet I’ve also seen what new pilots get paid slogging it on regionals before they can make it into the majors. And it just doesn’t add up. There are clearly enough pilots to treat and pay them like dirt.