Conversation a mainline mate of mine had with a Nopulse captain while walking towards bull**** castle - aka Qlink admin building a few weeks ago.
Mainline guy dressed in civvies - asks question to captain Kremin of VQ - " you guys going to hire ex AN A320 guys to help"?
Answer from captain Stem of VQ - " nah, we don't need them, if we do, we'll hire them for 12 months, use them, then offer them a right seat job - if they don't like it they can F$#^ off"
Question to captian Yeager of VQ - " how are mainline guys going to factor in all this?
Answer from commander rod walloper - "well, we don't want the arrogance F^%$^wits in our operation"
So there you have it - straight from the horses mouth from one very matter of fact pilot that John West rejected.
The Airbus will bite these twits Proplever - it's just a matter of time, they know it - I wonder how much the training bill is going to be or blow out to, for a low cost operator - thats gotta hurt?