MASALAMA
Why are the airlines going through agencies? From past experience agencies took a %age of the top to fatten their profits resulting in what money was left only attracted pilots who could not gain employment elsewhere.
When I was in it,the agencies primarily looked for East Europeans or South Americans who would accept the low salaries. I have no problems with pilots from those parts of the world,however because these agencies were more interested in their own profits the salary they were prepared to pay would not attract the pilots you would prefer.
If the airlines employed the pilots direct they could pay the pilots more and cut out the commission paid, resulting in a smaller outlay and getting the pilots they want and not the pilots that are recommended. A win win situation for both parties.