Richard Bachman,
Sorry to pick on you, but I'm sure that all of Skipper's clients would not like to hear that it is regarded as a training airline
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Secondly, when you say that current Pilot's rise up to the challenge of low numbers. I think you mean that their rosters are constantly changed, numerous times at the last minute, hence they have no private life, get frustrated and burnt out, then they leave to the likes of Maroomba and Network which are just sideward steps.
You are right to say that some Pilot's will move onto bigger companies to progress their careers but I believe Skippers could hold onto more Pilot's if they just improved their T & C's.
Just my opinion.
Wombat