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You need training to fly, so there's a lag between you posting higher salaries and actually getting new pilots
While you are right, the airline industry has known about this for a while and did nothing.
we knew about this in early 90s lololol
No there really isn't. The Navy and Air Force are full of people who love flying. Even people who can fly but don't qualify to be fighter pilots. They work on planes, design them, or fly transport planes.
Usually the jobs outside the military pay better (cybersecurity, IT, etc.). Flying commercial isn't that much better because of the hours. Imagine having better hours in the military and a better retirement package after 20 years. That's why there's not enough pilots.