Why did airlines invent a pilot shortage? We asked a real pilot.

There’s much more to the fake narrative than you might think

 Amid all the travel chaos this summer with delayed and canceled flights, passengers repeatedly heard one excuse from the airlines: There’s a pilot shortage.

But the truth is, there is no pilot shortage. In fact, there are not only more than 1.5 pilots for every job but there are actually more pilots flying today than before the pandemic.

We sat down with Paul Ryder, a United airline pilot, to set the record straight.

“The pilot shortage is just a talking point, it’s not a reality.”