United Airlines' top pilot has a lot to say about perceived pilot shortage

United Airlines captain Todd Insler, head of the airline's powerful pilots union, is upset about what he would undoubtedly classify as "fake news" about the nation's airline industry — namely all the talk in recent months about an alleged shortage of commercial airline pilots in the US. The perceived shortage would seem to be most directly affecting the regional airlines that work with United Airlines and other major domestic carriers. In a sharply-worded memo released late Friday, United pilot Insler said the problem isn't an actual shortage of qualified pilots. Rather Insler argues it's the regional carriers' unwillingness to adequately compensate pilots for their work and their specialised training that is creating the shortage because qualified pilots are unwilling to sign up to work in such situations. <br/>