I agree completely. I was just trying not to let my bias show! Imagine you asked another group of professionals (say mech/elec/civil engineers) to do the same: they'd laugh in your face!
Solenta in particular could have a brilliant setup. I hope some Solenta management types are listening: You have a company that allows fantastic career progression for young pilots, Van -> 1900 -> ATR. Don't make them pay, bond them! Train them up the way you want them, develope some common concepts through the SOP's/checklists (maybe you do already, I don't know), allow them to progress properly as they gain experience. You'll have a big pool of pilots to choose from, and all of them familiar with your SOP's. Make the senior guys with instructors ratings into training captains and senior pilots, and they can put their years of experience to use for YOUR benefit! Isn't this obvious? Surely Solenta is running into occasional pilot shortages? Anyone know?