In my opinion the fact that there are a lot of people out there who want to be professional pilots is obviously a good thing for the employer. They get to choose from a large selection of candidates to find the person suitable for their vacant position.
we all know suitability is not just knowledge and training but personality as well. Does the face fit?
If employers pay a fair and reasonable salary comensurate with the training, experience and dedication of the said pilots then the pilots will probably stay in their jobs longer and have a bit more loyalty to the company. The employer gets to reap the reward of any investment he has made to the pilot and everybody is happy.
If the employer treats his staff like dirt under his shoes, pays poor wages and refuses to make any investment in his staff the first thing that will happen is they will walk. If all the employers do the same then new pilots will stop coming up through the ranks, the existing ones will have a greater bargaining potential as there now will be a lack of trained pilots. the employers will have to pay well over the odds for someone who may not be entirely suitable.
So all you people out there holding the purse strings, what you sow today you reap tomorrow.
H.