For many years now, producing pilots has had its challenges. We were dealing with technical problems related to certain training fleets, which delayed our production. This year, we intend to just raise the curve. We hope to turn out a total of about 105 pilots a year. For years, there has been a shortage of about 250 pilots overall in the Canadian Forces. Positions should normally be filled by pilots. We hope to get this number to 125 over the years so we can start to fill the gap and absorb normal losses, like the ones caused by retirements and career changes. The current shortage of 250 pilots has existed for at least 10 years, but we are managing this situation regularly. It isn't posing any costly problems for the moment, but we are trying to fill these positions.
