Royal Canadian Air Force facing shortage of pilots Posted on September 13, 2011 by alert5 The Royal Canadian Air Force is asking retired pilots back to join its ranks as it faces a shortage of pilots. Related posts (Automatically Generated): Canada restores historic designation of Royal Canadian Air Force First four Moroccan F-16 pilots to graduate soon RAF having shortage of Eurofighter pilots for Libyan mission British Harrier pilots faced uncertain future DHS has difficulties finding pilots to fly its drones HMS Ark Royal to be scrapped