GUV:
"All is for the best in the best of all worlds." (Candide)
Yeah, right!
Youīre talking supply and demand - Thatīs exactly whatīs happening right now.
Pilots are just another cost-factor.
That is how most managements deal with them anyway.
The price for this means of production varies according to the "supply" and the "demand" - itīs just something "strategists" have to deal with - just like the price of fuel etc..
Itīs got NOTHING to do with responsibility for people.
Itīs about return on investment.
In this case they have to invest in people/pilots - They will get a decent return if they wait long enough and, like any good investor, are in it for the long-run.
The real problem is "TRUST" - itīs just not there and wonīt be for a long time, if ever - as long as these people are not held personally responsible (instead they get a severence package) for their decisions (like us pilots who might end up in jail for making "poor" decisions).
(BTW ex-expat: Thatīs "serfs" - finally figured it out)
[This message has been edited by wonderbusdriver (edited 05 May 2001).]