It wouldn't have a significant impact on the pilot shortage. If you look at the FAA airman statistics [1], there are fewer active pilots today than there were i

It wouldn't have a significant impact on the pilot shortage. If you look at the FAA airman statistics [1], there are fewer active pilots today than there were in 2013. Not commercial or airline pilots, but all pilots total. The entire recruiting pipeline has collapsed, even though there are 25% more licensed instructors and double the number of student pilot licenses (starting in 2016, the FAA made them perpetual instead of a 60 month expiration date so that stat is actually meaningless). There just aren't enough people involved in general aviation at the start of the funnel to feed the demand for commercial and airline pilots later. Changing some HR policies won't move the needle on that. [1] https://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/civil_airmen_statistics https://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation_data_statistics/c...