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[–]Drewski 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

According to the magazine and this source, the 2019 and 2020 deaths are additional pilot deaths from those years that were not initially published. They claim that there were no excess pilot deaths in 2021.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

yeah recently they have been cancelling a lot of flights and blaming it on the weather even when the weather is fine, it has to be a lack of pilots for some reason, either due to dead or refusing to get the vaccine

[–]infocom6502[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Refusal to get coerced is a big factor, as is the shortage just from demographics. A lot of commercial pilots are retiring, and after age 65 retirement is a FAA requirement (max age used to be 60 not long ago). There aren't enough new pilots to replace them. I think 2020 pretty much scared most kids from investing in an expensive education as aviator. I'd love to fly but the takes so long to get licensed that's a pipe dream at my age. For those under 30 it's something to consider; i think the pay might be in the 200k/yr ballpark range.