Long Wildfire Season Leaves Cal Fire With Pilot Shortage

MCCLELLAN PARK (CBS13) – California’s deadly wildfire season is creating a shortage of pilots for Calfire and is causing the agency to ground some aircraft.
“When the weather is high, when fire activity is high this is not the time to be having a pilot shortage,” said Brian Rice, a 30-year retired firefighter and president of the CA Professional Firefighters group.
Rice adds, “it’s concerning, this fire season is very active, some firefighters are going 30-40