Perhaps with this in mind, some bright spark at Exeter, might decide to formulate a pilot profile for recruitment more in keeping with the company's long term prospects.
The sad thing is that I know of several pilots who like the idea of a short commute to a local base even if its for significantly less money and would probably be quite happy to stay for ever..... But the Q400 command scales are so far below even jet FO rates at any decent company that its impractical for all of us.