THE PILOT SHORTAGE. "OH BOY, IT'S HERE IN SPADES," SAYS Charlie Priester, chairman of Chicago's Priester Aviation charter and aircraft management firm. "And my opinion is it's going to get a lot worse." "Absolutely very real," is the assessment of William "Bill" Quinn, head of Aviation Management Systems in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, who reports operators "are having a hard time" finding qualified pilots.
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