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WASHINGTON (TND) — The U.S. airline industry is facing workforce challenges, mainly, a "severe and ongoing" shortage of pilots. The issue will eventually become even more complicated because there will soon be a “tsunami of pilot retirements," according to Faye Malarkey Black, who is the president and CEO of the Regional Airline Association. She addressed Congress in a prepared statement on Wednesday, noting that at least 50% of pilots will hit the mandatory retirement age of 65 within the next 15 years

Nearly 1,300 Southwest Airline pilots gathered outside the Dallas Love Field airport on Tuesday to protest ongoing staff shortages as travel chaos continued on the first official day of summer - with more than 200 flights across the United States canceled. The Southwest Pilots Association called for better treatment of its pilots at the protest, which it called 'the largest display of unity in Southwest Airlines history.' It described the demonstration in Dallas, Texas an 'informational picket' in an effort to raise awareness of pilot fatigue, stress caused by ongoing pilot shortages - which it says is to blame for...