CAL still faces pilot shortage

It's being reported that Caribbean Airlines (CAL) is still facing an acute shortage of  pilots.       
 
According to Trinidad's Newsday newspaper, the airline is still reeling from the loss of  close to a dozen pilots from its Jamaican operations last year, forcing it to send Trinidadian pilots to operate some of  the Jamaican routes to US destinations.
 
It says the recent hiring of  two B-737 pilots by CAL on four month contracts and several who have just finished training are still not enough to fill the need.
 
Asked whether more contract pilots would be hired, the airline said if  it became necessary, it will, but this would depend on schedule requirements and the progress by the six new pilots in their training.
 
Caribbean Airlines also stated that the newly trained pilots were expected to take up duties this month