let’s not understate how much easier an operation is with well trained and experienced crew, particularly when you have ex nurses/paramedics/police etc in the cabin crew role.
I don’t think any PILOTS would disagree with that statement but the people in air conditioned offices who work Mon - Fri 9-5 and have their public holidays at home only manage what they can measure. They cannot measure how “easy” the day goes. Perhaps delay codes would be visible but that is all.
This seems to me to be a well timed play for a sea change in cabin crew conditions. They seem happy to roll the dice figuring that they can have new cabin crew trained and on line in about a month.