It's never "mechanic retires, no one available to fix planes."

It's "we slashed benefits, we flat-lined the pay, the hours are a nightmare, and then when no one wants the job, obviously blame the retirees."

Capital often attempts to distort the market with a press release about "no one to do this job." Welcome to capitalism, capitalists.

>Welcome to capitalism, capitalists.

This is a little strained. Government agencies are having basically the same discussions right now.

It's a fact that the last few years caused many retirements to be pulled forward, leading to a crunch to fill vacancies everywhere.

You'd think there was time to prepare for this since retirement doesen't just suddenly appear like a leg injury

The article didn't mention that the US labour participation rate[1] has been steadily trending downwards since the early 2000s which exacerbates the problem further.

[1] https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CIVPART